Sherin v. Larson

This is an action of ejectment, to recover the undivided one-fourth part of a tract of land in Minneapolis. The defendants, who are husband and wife, rest their defence upon a denial upon information and belief of title and right of possession in the plaintiff. They assert no claim of right to the title or the possession in themselves. The plaintiff, to prove the issue, introduced in evidence a warranty deed of the entire tract of land from Gilbert Johnson to Miles Sherin, dated March 21, 1864, and proved that the grantee was the father of the plaintiff; that he died 11 years before the…