Burke v. Lacock
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Meeker county, and was tried by G. L. Brown, J., acting for the judge of the 12th-district. The defendants (successors in interest to Abner P. Lacock, the original defendant, who died pending the action) appeal from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This was an action under the statute to determine adverse claims to real estate of which plaintiff alleges he is the owner in fee, and which he also alleges is vacant and unoccupied. The defendants deny plaintiff’s title, allege that they are the owners in fee and in the actual possession of the premises, and ask that the property be adjudged theirs, free from any claim of the plaintiff. This assertion of title, and demand for affirmative relief on part of the defendants, rendered immaterial the question whether the premises were or were not vacant and unoccupied. Hooper v. Henry, 31 Minn.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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