State ex rel. Douglas v. Westfall
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Writ of quo warranto issued from the supreme court upon the relation of the attorney general and another to determine respondent’s right to the office of examiner of titles under the “Torrens system” of registration.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an information in the nature of quo warranto to determine the respondent’s right.to the office of examiner of titles, to which he interposed a general demurrer.
The sole issue of law raised by the demurrer is this: Is Laws 1901, c. 237, by virtue of which the respondent was appointed such examiner, providing for the Torrens system of registering land titles, constitutional? The basic principle of this system is the registration of the title of land, instead of registering, as the old system requires, the evidence of such title. In the one case only, the ultimate fact or conclusion that…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Tyler v. Judges of Court of RegistrationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- State ex rel. Board of Courthouse & City Hall Com'rs v. CooleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- State v. GuilbertOhio Supreme Court · 1897
- State ex rel. Marr v. StearnsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- People ex rel. Deneen v. SimonIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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- In re the Appointment of a Revisor of the StatutesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Visina v. FreemanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
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