Gilfillan v. Chatterton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Ejectment. Defendant (impleaded with Charles W. Hobart) appeals from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Rea, J., presiding, refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
To show title to the land in dispute out of plaintiff and in himself, defendant relied on a certificate executed June 14, 1886, by F. S. McDonald, then auditor of Hennepin county, certifying to the sale of the land on January 2, 1875, under a judgment for delinquent taxes entered September 1,1874. The certificate was in the usual form of a certificate of sale under a tax judgment. At the time of the supposed sale, Jacob Schaefer was auditor of the county. A certificate had been issued by him at the time of the sale, but it was held void by this court in Gilfillan v. Hobart, 35 Minn. 185, (28…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gilfillan v. HobartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Stewart v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
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