Legal Opinion

Wistar v. Foster

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 3, 1891PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal by defendant Thomas Foster from a judgment of the district court for St. Louis county, where the action was tried by Mills, J.

1Opinion of the Court

Vanderburgh, J.1

This action is brought by the plaintiffs, claiming to be the owners of the land described in the complaint, to determine the adverse claim of the defendants. The defendants’ answer shows that they were married in 1842, and are still husband and wife, and that on the 24th day of November, 1885, the defendant Hannah C. Foster was the owner in fee of the land, and on that day she executed a deed thereof to the plaintiff Wistar, but that the defendant Thomas Foster did not join therein, and has not executed any instrument conveying or releasing such lands. These facts are found by…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ewell v. DaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Gross v. United States Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Morgan v. Hazlehurst LodgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Gerdine v. MenageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
  5. Sinclair v. LearnedMichigan Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Flynn v. Little Falls Electric & Water Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
  2. Welborn v. WhitneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
  3. State Ex Rel. Rockwell v. State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
  4. McCord v. SullivanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  5. Burget v. MerrittIndiana Supreme Court · 1900

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