Reimer v. Newel
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, brought in the district court for Hennepin county, to determine the defendant’s adverse claim to lot 8, in block 4, in Penni-man’s addition to Minneapolis. Both parties claimed title from Abby L. Newel, who, on April 8, 1874, being seised in fee, conveyed the lot to Bernhard Beimer for .$1,000, taking back a purchase-money mortgage of $750, securing four notes payable, respectively, at one, two, three, and four years from that date.
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Action, brought in the district court for Hennepin county, to determine the defendant’s adverse claim to lot 8, in block 4, in Penni-man’s addition to Minneapolis. Both parties claimed title from Abby L. Newel, who, on April 8, 1874, being seised in fee, conveyed the lot to Bernhard Beimer for .$1,000, taking back a purchase-money mortgage of $750, securing four notes payable, respectively, at one, two, three, and four years from that date. The mortgage contained a covenant by the mortgagor that he would pay all taxes assessed on the premises. No payment was made on the mortgage debt, except…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
As the defendant prevailed in the court below solely upon the strength of a tax title acquired by sale of the premises in controversy under a judgment for the taxes for the year 1883, it is only necessary to consider the points made by the plaintiffs against the validity of that title.
1. The board of county commissioners of Hennepin county designated the newspaper in which the delinquent tax list should be published at their meeting held on the first Monday in January, 1884, pursuant to the provisions of Sp. Laws 1877, c. 205. It is claimed that under the provisions of Gen. St. 1878, c. 11, §…
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