Davis v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Ejectment for an undivided one-ninth of a quarter-section of land in Goodhue county, claimed by plaintiff as one of the heirs-at-law of Benjamin Hodgman, who died seized of the entire quarter-section, in 1863. The defendant in his answer alleged title under a sale made in 1867 by the guardian of plaintiff, (who was then a non-resident minor, and who became of age in 1878,) and asked that his title be quieted, and plaintiff be adjudged to have no interest in the land.
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Ejectment for an undivided one-ninth of a quarter-section of land in Goodhue county, claimed by plaintiff as one of the heirs-at-law of Benjamin Hodgman, who died seized of the entire quarter-section, in 1863. The defendant in his answer alleged title under a sale made in 1867 by the guardian of plaintiff, (who was then a non-resident minor, and who became of age in 1878,) and asked that his title be quieted, and plaintiff be adjudged to have no interest in the land. At the trial in the district court for Goodhue county, before Crosby, J., (a jury being waived,) the defendant (under objection…
1Opinion of the CourtBkRiiy, J.
1. “The judge of probate in each county, when it appears to him necessary or convenient, may appoint guardians to minors and others, being inhabitants or residents in the same county, and also to such as reside out of the state and have any estate within the same.” Gen St. (1866) c. 59, § 1. (Gen. St. 1878, c. 59, § 1.) “When a person liable to be put under guardianship, according to the provisions of this chapter, resides without this state and has any estate therein, any friend of such person, or any one interested in his estate in expectancy or otherwise, may apply to the judge of probate…
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