Luck Land Co. v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Becker county to determine adverse claims to vacant and unoccupied land. The separate answers of F. A. Dickson and R. L. Smith denied that plaintiff was owner in fee of the premises described and alleged that the answering defendant was such owner, and that plaintiff had no estate or interest in the same. The case was tried before Parsons, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff.
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Action in the district court for Becker county to determine adverse claims to vacant and unoccupied land. The separate answers of F. A. Dickson and R. L. Smith denied that plaintiff was owner in fee of the premises described and alleged that the answering defendant was such owner, and that plaintiff had no estate or interest in the same. The case was tried before Parsons, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying his motion to amend the conclusions of law and order for judgment or for a new trial, defendant Dickson appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This is an action to determine adverse claims to certain real estate in Becker county. Plaintiff claims title to the property while defendant Dickson insists that the title is in him. Both claim under the Indian Me-gis-way-waish-kung. The trial court decided in favor of plaintiff, and defendant Dickson appeals from an order denying his motion to amend the conclusions of law and order for judgment, or for a new trial.
The Indian is a mixed blood Chippewa of the White Earth Indian Reservation. The lands in controversy are within the reservation, and prior to April 24, 1908, were allotted to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Steel v. Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
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