Costello v. Edson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Bt. Louis county, Stearns, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict for defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
DicKinson, J.1
This is an action of ejectment for the recovery of two contiguous platted lots in Upper Duluth. The defendants had a verdict in their favor, and the plaintiff has appealed from an order refusing a new trial. The only grounds upon which the appellant seeks a reversal of the order are that the evidence in the case of the adverse possession of the defendant Hibbard was insufficient to justify submitting to the jury the question whether Hibbard had maintained an adverse possession for 20 years prior to the commencement of this action, in January, 1889, and that for the same reason…
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