Earl v. Godley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action to determine adverse claims to lands in McLeod county, brought in the district court for that county, and tried by M. O. Little, Esq., as referee, who ordered judgment for defendants. A new "trial was ordered by Eclson, J., and the defendants appealed. The plaintiffs claimed title through a deed from Jane Ortley, mother of Henry F. Ortley, Jr., the patentee; the defendants through a deed from his father, Henry F. Ortley, Sr.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The only question presented by the record is whether Henry F. Ortley, under whom defendants claim title, and •Jane Ortley, were husband and wife, so that the former, under the laws of inheritance and descent in this state, became entitled to the land in controversy as the heir-at-law of Henry F. Ortley, Jr., deceased, who was the patentee of the land, and is admitted to have been the child of the parties first named. It is denied by the respondents that Jane was the lawful wife of the first-named Henry Ortley. The case was tried before a referee, who found for the defendants on the issue…
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