Morris v. Watson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought -iii the district court for Hennepin county to foreclose a'mortgage. It appears from the complaint: that prior to October, 1855, the lands described in the mortgage, with other lands, were a portion of the surveyed lands belonging to the United States; that in October, 1855, these lands.were platted as the town of St. Albans, by Oharles A. F. Morris, Oharles S. Hargin and James McMahon, and the plat duly recorded;that on the 13th September, 1856,…
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This action was brought -iii the district court for Hennepin county to foreclose a'mortgage. It appears from the complaint: that prior to October, 1855, the lands described in the mortgage, with other lands, were a portion of the surveyed lands belonging to the United States; that in October, 1855, these lands.were platted as the town of St. Albans, by Oharles A. F. Morris, Oharles S. Hargin and James McMahon, and the plat duly recorded;that on the 13th September, 1856, Moses Sherburne, sole judge of the county court of Hennepin county, duly entered the lands as a town site, pursuant to act…
1Opinion of the CourtMcMillan, J.
By the Court.
The complaint alleges that the conveyance in this case to Mary C. Hargin, by Moses Sherburne, trustee, was made pursuant to the provisions of the act of the legislative assembly of the territory of Minnesota entitled “An act prescribing rules and regulations for the execution of the trust arising under the act of Congress entitled an act for the relief of citizens of towns *215upon lands of the United States under certain circumstances, ” approved March 3d, 1855.
It must be presumed that Mary C. Hargin was the occupant and beneficial owner of the lands conveyed by 'the trustee, since…
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- Carson v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1867
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- Rannels v. RoweCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
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