Star v. Norsteby

This is an action to determine adverse claims to a tract of land in Mountrail County. The plaintiff claims title as owner of the original record title to the land while defendant’s claim rests upon a tax title. At the trial of the action in district* court, the defendant prevailed. Plaintiff appealed and the case is here for a trial anew.

The plaintiff, Alfred Star, acquired the land in question by patent from the United States on March. 1, 1912. On June 1, 1925, the land was conveyed to Albert Halvorson by sheriff’s deed issued pursuant to the foreclosure of a mortgage made by the plaintiff.…