Legal Opinion

Jones v. Rigby

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided October 29, 1889PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the district court for Hennepin county, where the action was tried by Smith, J., a jury being waived.

1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.

This is an action of ejectment. The premises in question had been mortgaged to the defendant Norton. A junior mortgage had been executed to the plaintiff, and afterwards the land was conveyed to the defendant Cobb, subject to these mortgages, and he went into possession. The plaintiff’s junior mortgage was foreclosed by advertisement, the foreclosure sale being to the plaintiff, February 4, 1888. On the 4th day of February, 1889, Cobb surrendered possession of the premises to Norton, the mortgage of the latter being then due and unpaid, and he has remained in possession by his tenant, the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Baldwin v. WalkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1851
  2. Farley v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Glidden v. Second Avenue Investment Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
  2. Douglass v. ThompsonNevada Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Schuchard v. St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
  4. Gandrud v. HansenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
  5. Green Tree Servicing, LLC v. DBSI Landmark Towers, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011

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