Legal Opinion

Todd v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 27, 1892PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by Andrew J. Finnegan, one of the defendants, from a judgment of the District Court of Kandiyohi County, Powers, J., entered October 28, 1891, quieting and confirming the title of plaintiff, William P. Todd, to eighty acres of land in Meeker County. Ole Eidem owned the land and on April 15, 1876, mortgaged it to George F. Snow with power of sale in case of default in payment of the debt secured.

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Appeal by Andrew J. Finnegan, one of the defendants, from a judgment of the District Court of Kandiyohi County, Powers, J., entered October 28, 1891, quieting and confirming the title of plaintiff, William P. Todd, to eighty acres of land in Meeker County. Ole Eidem owned the land and on April 15, 1876, mortgaged it to George F. Snow with power of sale in case of default in payment of the debt secured. He made default, and the land was sold by the sheriff under the power February 1, 1879, pursuant to notice, and was bid in by Snow. The mortgagor failed to redeem, but his judgment creditors…

1Opinion of the CourtGilfxllan, C. J.

This is an action to determine adverse claims to real estate, each party alleging and relying on a strictly legal title. Each claims title through the foreclosure of a mortgage held by one Snow, who. was the purchaser at the foreclosure sale. Plaintiff claims through alleged redemptions by subsequent judgment lien creditors ; defendant through a conveyance by Snow, made several months *312after the year from the time of the foreclosure sale expired. The foreclosure sale was February 1, 1879. January 31, 1880, one Mackay filed what was intended as a notice of intention to redeem, though it did not…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wilson v. HayesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
  2. Tice v. RussellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  3. Herrick v. AmmermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
  4. Smith v. BuseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Leland v. HeibergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
  2. Orr v. SuttonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
  3. Stevens v. Minneapolis Fire Department Relief Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  4. Swanson v. Realization & Debenture Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
  5. Todd v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893

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