Sumner v. Sawtelle
Supreme Court of Minnesota
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF RAMSEY COUNTY. The Plaintiffs in Error commenced their suit in said District Court, in May, 1862, and in their complaint set forth as follows, viz.: A judgment duly rendered and docketed in tbe Supreme Court of the State on the 9th of May, 1859, in favor of tbe Plaintiffs in Error and against tbe Defendant in Error, N. H. Sawtelle and one John M. Castaer, for tbe sum of $4,128.77, which j udgment is in full force and effect, and wholly unpaid;…
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF RAMSEY COUNTY. The Plaintiffs in Error commenced their suit in said District Court, in May, 1862, and in their complaint set forth as follows, viz.: A judgment duly rendered and docketed in tbe Supreme Court of the State on the 9th of May, 1859, in favor of tbe Plaintiffs in Error and against tbe Defendant in Error, N. H. Sawtelle and one John M. Castaer, for tbe sum of $4,128.77, which j udgment is in full force and effect, and wholly unpaid; and was so rendered in a cause of action arising in tbe year a. d., 1856, and an execution thereon duly issued and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Atwatee, J.
The first question to be determined under the facts presented by this case is, what estate Mrs. Strout took in the premises in question, by virtue of the conveyance from Mrs. Mathews to her. It appears that N. H. Sawtelle paid the consideration money, and directed the conveyance to be made to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Strout. Sec. 5 of chap. 32. Comp. Stat., 382, provides, “ that every disposition of lands, whether by deed or devise, hereafter made, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be made directly to the person in whom the right to the possession and…
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