Bidwell v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the Bamsey county District Court by the plaintiff, who claimed to be the owner and in possession of certain real estate, to determine the adverse -claim of the defendant.
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This action was brought in the Bamsey county District Court by the plaintiff, who claimed to be the owner and in possession of certain real estate, to determine the adverse -claim of the defendant. The plaintiff claimed title through “Michael Cummings, junior,” and the defendant under a judgment against “Michael Cummings,” as a prior and better title; this judgment was founded upon a transcript of a justice of the peace, the material parts of which are as follows : “ Jacob W. Bass v. Michael Cummings." “November 18, 1852. Summons issued, returnable on the 27th inst., at one o’clock, at my…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
-Berry, J.
Both parties to this action deduce title to the land in question from the common source of a conveyance, in which the grantee is designated as Michael Cummings, junior. At the time of the commencement of the action in which the judgment hereinafter mentioned was recovered, and ever since, there were two persons residing in St. Paul by the name of Michael Cummings, father and son, the latter of whom was the grantee aforesaid. The judgment, which is the foundation upon which the respondent builds his title, was recovered against Michael Cummings, junior, by the name of…
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