Christenson v. Grandy
North Dakota Supreme Court
From a judgment of the District Court of Cavalier County, Kneeshaw, J., defendants Ragnhildur Myrdal and Johann Vilhjahnur Myrdal appeal. The heirs of the entryman do not take by descent, but by purchase, and with the same force and effect as though their names were written in the patent.
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From a judgment of the District Court of Cavalier County, Kneeshaw, J., defendants Ragnhildur Myrdal and Johann Vilhjahnur Myrdal appeal. The heirs of the entryman do not take by descent, but by purchase, and with the same force and effect as though their names were written in the patent. Hutchinson v. Caldwell, 153 H. S. 65, 38 L. ed. 356; Witenbrock v. Wheadon (Cal.) 60 Pac. 664. Each one of the parties would receive an undivided one-fourth interest in the land under the patent. Ibid. Under the ten-year statute that tacking of possession is not permissible. Streeter v. Frederiekson, 11 N.…
1Opinion of the Court
Christianson, Ch. J.
This is an action to determine adverse claims to a quarter section of land in Cavalier county. The trial court ren*420dered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendants Ragnhildur Myrdal, Johann Vilhjalmur Myrdal, and Einer Myrdal have appealed and demanded a trial-de novo in this court.
The complaint is in the usual form, and sets forth that the plaintiff has an estate in fee simple in the premises in controversy and is in possession thereof; and that the defendants claim certain estates or interests in or liens or encumbrances on said property adverse to plaintiff.…
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