Chouteau v. Hunt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county*to determine defendant’s adverse claim of title, under tax sales and certificates, to “lot 1, in block 3, in the town of St. Anthony, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the register of deeds in and for said Hennepin county.” The action was tried by Hicks, J., who ordered judgment for defendant, which was entered, and the plaintiffs appealed.
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Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county*to determine defendant’s adverse claim of title, under tax sales and certificates, to “lot 1, in block 3, in the town of St. Anthony, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the register of deeds in and for said Hennepin county.” The action was tried by Hicks, J., who ordered judgment for defendant, which was entered, and the plaintiffs appealed. The delinquent list of 1874 was published in the “Farmers’ Union,” and the heading, with so much of the list as relates to the lot in dispute, is as follows: “The…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The respondent in this action attempted to establish his title to the lot in question, through certain tax proceedings, judgments, and sales. One of the latter, and which we shall alone consider, is the sale made in Hennepin county upon a judgment rendered September 1, 1874, for the taxes of 1873; the same judgment and sale so fully considered in Bonham v. Weymouth, 39 Minn. 92, (38 N. W. Rep. 805.) Several objections were raised upon the trial, the first being, as in the Bonham Case, in subdivision numbered 3, that there was nothing in the column headed “Amt.” in the published list, as it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bonham v. WeymouthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Gilfillan v. HobartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- State ex rel. Brown v. MacdonaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Collins v. WelchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
3Cited by10 opinions
- McQuade v. JaffraySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Godfrey v. ValentineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Trustee Loan Co. v. BotzNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1917
- Doherty v. Real Estate Title Insurance & Trust Co. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- National Bond & Security Co. v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
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