Jordan v. Secombe
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action for partition, brought in the district court for Hennepin county, in February, 1884. The complaint alleges that plaintiff is the owner of an undivided one-third of the lands described, and that defendant Charles G. Secombe is the owner of the other two-thirds.
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Action for partition, brought in the district court for Hennepin county, in February, 1884. The complaint alleges that plaintiff is the owner of an undivided one-third of the lands described, and that defendant Charles G. Secombe is the owner of the other two-thirds. The answer denies that plaintiff is the owner of any part of the lands described, and alleges that the defendant Charles C. Secombe is the owner of the whole thereof, that plaintiff’s only claim of title is under a quitclaim deed from one Willie E. Smith, made in 1881 and more than five years after he (Smith) became of age, and…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The plaintiff claims title to the premises in question under a quitclaim deed, dated December 22, 1881, executed to him by one William E. Smith, who formerly held title to the land, and has always been a non-resident of the state. The defendant claims under a sale made during the minority of Smith, by his guardian, under the direction of the probate court of Hennepin county, on the eighth day of December, 1871. He became of age, and his guardianship terminated, on the 21st day of July, 1878, more than five years before the commencement of this action. The guardian was a non-resident, and the…
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