Paulsen v. Koon
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to determine the adverse claims of defendants to land in possession of plaintiff. The case was tried before Elliott, J., and certain questions of fact were submitted to a jury. From a judgment in favor of defendant Koon, entered pursuant to the special verdict and the findings, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
An action to determine adverse claims to certain real estate. Respondent in her answer claimed a lien upon the property as assignee of a certain mortgage executed by appellant and her husband to one Coleman. For reply, appellant alleged that the premises in question were her homestead, that her husband had deserted her, and that, if she executed the note and mortgage, she did so upon the false representation of Coleman that it was a release which it was necessary to execute in connection with her husband in order that she might hold her homestead. The trial court submitted special findings to…
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