Thomas v. Wilcox
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Roberts county; Hon. A. W. Campbell, Judge. Action to quiet title by Mary A. Thomas against Nelson Wilcox and Noble Wilcox. From a judgment for plaintiff, Nelson Wilcox appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court, Roberts county; Hon. A. W. Campbell, Judge. Action to quiet title by Mary A. Thomas against Nelson Wilcox and Noble Wilcox. From a judgment for plaintiff, Nelson Wilcox appeals. It is one of the essential elements in the description of real property in a conveyance that it mus,t be sufficiently certain to furnish the means of identification of the premises intended to be Conveyed, and if it is too vague and too uncertain for this purpose the instrument containing it is inoperative and void. McRoberts v. McArthur, 62 Minn. 310, 64 N.’W. 903. If the description is…
1Opinion of the CourtCorson, P. J.
This is an action to quiet title to certain
lots in the incorporated town of Sisseton. The complaint is in the usual form. The defendant, Nelson Wilcox, who was the only defendant served and appearing in the action, denied the allegations of the plaintiff’s complaint, and alleged in his answer that the Reservation Land Improvement Company was in *628fact a copartnership, and that he was one of such copartners; that said copartnership owned the lots in question; and that, £.s such copartner, he had an interest therein.'' The case was tried'-by a referee, who found the facts and stated his conclu1…
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