Lindell v. Lindell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Goodhue county to quiet title by one in possession. The substance of the complaint and of the answers is given in the third and fourth paragraphs of the opinion. The case was tried before Johnson, J., who made findings, as stated in the fifth paragraph of the opinion, and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
This is a sequel to Lindell v. Lindell, 136 Minn. 368, 160 N. W. 1031. The plaintiff here was the defendant in that action and Charles A. Lindell was plaintiff. The action was one in ejectment, defended on the ground that an oral gift of the land in question had been made by Charles A. Lindell to his son Sidney Lindell, who was defendant’s husband and had died intestate, leaving her as his sole heir at law. It was held that such a gift had been made and that the donee had taken possession of the land and made permanent improvements thereon, and therefore ejectment would not lie. The…
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