Gurney v. Minneapolis Union Elevator Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Belden, J., overruling a demurrer to the answer.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action of ejectment to recover the possession of the premises described in the complaint, and the rents and profits thereof. The answer put in issue the allegations of the complaint, and, for a second or further defense, alleged title in fee to the premises to be in the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company, under which it claimed right of possession, as licensee. To this second defense the plaintiffs demurred, and from an order overruling the demurrer they appealed.
The material facts alleged in the answer and admitted by the demurrer are substantially as follows: The land in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railroad v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Roby v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Illinois Central R. R. v. WathenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1885
- Peirce v. Boston & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Scott v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
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