Murphy v. Doyle
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the district court for Le Sueur county, where the action was tried before Macdonald, J., and a jury, and a verdict directed for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This was an action of ejectment. The defence was the disseizin of plaintiff, and those under whom he claims, by the adverse possession of defendant and his grantor for more than 20 years. It conclusively appeared from the evidence that in March, 1864, Dennis Doyle purchased the premises for taxes, and obtained from the county auditor a “tax certificate, ” which, in August, 1864, he returned and obtained a tax deed purporting to be executed pursuant to Laws 1862, c. 4, and to convey by sufficient description the whole of the premises in question, which is an 80-acre tract. This deed, however,…
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