Legal Opinion

Brown v. Corbin

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 24, 1889PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by defendants from an order of tbe district court for Becker county refusing a new trial after trial by Mills, J., without a jury.

1Opinion of the Court

Mitchell, J.1

This was an action to determine .adverse claims to *509vacant and unoccupied real estate, of which plaintiff claimed to be the owner under the patent title. The answer alleged title in defendant Corbin by virtue of a tax-deed under a judgment rendered in 1874 for the tax of 1873, and further alleged payment by him of taxes'for certain subsequent years, and asked that, in case his tax-title was held void, the taxes paid by him should be adjudged a lien on the land. The new matter in the answer was put in issue by the reply. Upon the trial the plaintiff proved his chain of title from…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Chauncey v. WassSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
  2. Miller v. HurfordNebraska Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Eastman v. LinnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
  4. Weimer v. PorterMichigan Supreme Court · 1880

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Donaghy v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1917
  2. O'Neil v. TylerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Westerlund v. Kettle River Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
  4. Banker's Mutual Casualty Co. v. First National BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  5. Gauley Coal Land Co. v. KoontzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916

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