Beardsley v. Crane
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Amelia P. Beardsley, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Lochren, J., made September 24, 1892, denying her motion for a new trial. Section thirty-five (35) in township one hundred and seventeen (117) north, of range twenty-three (23) west, in Hennepin county, is fractional, and lies on the south bank of Lake Minnetonka.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Amelia P. Beardsley, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Lochren, J., made September 24, 1892, denying her motion for a new trial. Section thirty-five (35) in township one hundred and seventeen (117) north, of range twenty-three (23) west, in Hennepin county, is fractional, and lies on the south bank of Lake Minnetonka. If it were a full section, its north line, except for a few rods at the northeast corner, would lie some distance into this lake. Another lake, called Christmas Lake, encroaches upon the section from the east, so that the south…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action in ejectment to recover possession of a narrow strip of land situated in a fractional section bordering upon three large meandered lakes. These lakes so encroach upon the section that its northwest and southeast corners could not be established upon the ground by the governmental surveyors, nor could quarter •corner posts be placed upon the north or east or west boundary lines.
The northeast and the southwest corners were located, and also the quarter post upon the south line. A verdict was ordered in defendant’s favor, and the appeal is from an order denying a new trial. Both parties…
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