Stahl v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action, in July, 1885, in the district court for Bamsey county, to quiet his title to the S. W. £ of the S. E. of section 18, town 29, range '22, vacant and unoccupied land, in that county.
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Plaintiff brought this action, in July, 1885, in the district court for Bamsey county, to quiet his title to the S. W. £ of the S. E. of section 18, town 29, range '22, vacant and unoccupied land, in that county. The defendants other than Mitchell, (who did not appear,) are the widow and heirs-at-law of one James Blakely, late of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, who died in June, 1882. The plaintiff also claims under James Blakely, his chain of title being as follows: On November 25, 1857, James Blakely, being owner in fee of the land, made a deed of assignment of all his property (his wife…
1Opinion of the CourtGtlfillan, C. J.
Prom the findings of the court below the following facts appear:
On the 25th of November, 1857, one James Blakely, then a resident in the county of Allegheny and state of Pennsylvania, and the owner of large tracts of land situated in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the territories of Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas, made, his wife joining, a voluntary deed of assignment, conveying all his property, wherever situated, to one John J. Mitchell, also a resident in said county and state, in trust for the benefit of his creditors.
The statutes of Pennsylvania then in force…
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