Roy v. Dannehr
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in ejectment in the district court for Plennepin county and for $630 damages. The case was tried before Hale, J., who, at the close of plaintiff’s case, denied defendants’ motions for a directed verdict and for a dismissal of the action, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, they appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPIolt, J.
Plaintiff owns the north half of the southeast quarter of section 6 in township 118 of range 24 Hennepin county. Defendants own the southwest quarter in the same section. The action is in ejectment. Over 20 years ago the county surveyor of Hennepin county under section 773, G. S. 1913, placed stone monuments at the corners and quarter posts of this section. Defendants claim up to a straight line run between the south and north'quarter posts indicated by these monuments. Plaintiff claims the true boundary to be a line 25 feet further west at the south line of his premises and 52|- feet further…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Beardsley v. CraneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Benz v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Marek v. JelinekSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Markusen v. MortensenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Pratt Investment Co. v. KennedyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2001
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