Hughes v. Thornton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings to register title to certain lands in Itasca county, the state answered claiming rights in the minerals therein. Tbe case was submitted on an agreed statement of facts to McClenahan, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. From tbe order for judgment, tbe state appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Tayloe, C.
Plaintiff instituted proceedings under the so-called Torrens law to register liis title to a 5-acre tract oí land in Itasca county. The state interposed an answer asserting title to the minerals in the land. The trial court found that the state had no claim to the land or the minerals and the state appealed.
The case was submitted to the court on an agreed statement of facts in which it was admitted that the land in controversy is part of a tract of school land which was sold by the state land commissioner to Charles Kearney November 11, 1890; that a certificate of sale of the usual…
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