Rux v. Adam
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Marshall county to recover possession of certain premises, $500 damages for detention thereof and $700 for rents and profits.
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Action in the district court for Marshall county to recover possession of certain premises, $500 damages for detention thereof and $700 for rents and profits. The answer alleged that for more than 15 years defendant had been in actual, open and continuous possession of the premises under claim of right to the ownership thereof, and while in such possession procured from John Rux, who held the legal title to the premises, a warranty deed of the same which was set out at length. The case was tried before Grindeland, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
This is a contest between the widow of John Rux, deceased, and another woman with whom he lived during the last 20 years of his life. It involves 80 acres of land, alleged to have been the statutory homestead of Rux ’at the time of his death, of which defendant has possession and from which plaintiff seeks to eject her. The case was tried without a jury and the findings were in plaintiff’s favor. Defendant appeals from an order denying a new trial.
Defendant is in possession and asserts title under a deed from Rux, and has made improvements for which she claims compensation under the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Taylor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1865
- Barton v. DrakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Odenbreit v. UtheimSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Ferguson v. KumlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Wilson v. ProctorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
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