Legal Opinion

Jorgenson v. Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 21, 1896No. Nos. 10,039-(90)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action in the district court for Martin county by Helen Jorgenson against Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, O. E. Oskerson, W. P. Hill, as sheriff, and J. B. Bushnell, to set aside an attachment, levy and sale of certain real estate and all proceedings whereby the premises were sought to be subjected to the lien of a judgment against defendant Oskerson and in favor of defendant company, and to set aside the sheriff’s certificate of sale to defendant Bushnell and for…

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Action in the district court for Martin county by Helen Jorgenson against Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, O. E. Oskerson, W. P. Hill, as sheriff, and J. B. Bushnell, to set aside an attachment, levy and sale of certain real estate and all proceedings whereby the premises were sought to be subjected to the lien of a judgment against defendant Oskerson and in favor of defendant company, and to set aside the sheriff’s certificate of sale to defendant Bushnell and for other relief. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered in pursuance of the findings and order of Severance, J., all…

1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.

The first contention of counsel for defendant threshing machine company in this case is that by reason of G. S. 1894, § 5534, which provides that “no contract between husband and wife, the one with the other, relative to the real estate of either, or any interest therein, shall be valid,” no transfer of the title of the land in question from the plaintiff’s husband to her, direct or indirect, could be made, and that the deeds by which plaintiff’s husband and herself conveyed the land to defendant Oskerson, and the latter conveyed the same land to plaintiff, were and are absolutely void. We…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McMillan v. CheeneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Erickson v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
  2. Scott v. Marquette National BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
  3. Simmer v. Simmer, Jr.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
  4. Wheeler v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
  5. Sokolowski v. WardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906

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