Robertson v. Corcoran
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for Washington county, one by Frances Ellen Robertson and the other by John Matthias Carr, against Charles Cochran as an individual, as executor of the last will and testament of Maurice Clancy, deceased, and as parish priest of the Church of St. Michael of Stillwater, and the Church of St. Michael of Stillwater, a corporation, to decree that each plaintiff was the owner and entitled to an equal undivided one-half of the property, real and…
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Two actions in the district court for Washington county, one by Frances Ellen Robertson and the other by John Matthias Carr, against Charles Cochran as an individual, as executor of the last will and testament of Maurice Clancy, deceased, and as parish priest of the Church of St. Michael of Stillwater, and the Church of St. Michael of Stillwater, a corporation, to decree that each plaintiff was the owner and entitled to an equal undivided one-half of the property, real and personal, belonging to the estate of Maurice Clancy, deceased, and that neither defendant had any right or title to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
In each of the above cases, a motion by defendants for judgment on the pleadings was granted, judgment was entered, and the plaintiff appealed therefrom. The only question now before this court is whether the complaints, which are substantially identical in form, state a cause of action. They are lengthy and we shall merely indicate certain facts appearing therefrom without attempting to set them forth even in substance.
The plaintiffs are brother and sister, and the children of Matthew and Jane Carr. Their mother died in 1871, when John was six and Frances ten years of age. Maurice…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Svanburg v. FosseenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Fiske v. LawtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Newton v. NewtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Stellmacher v. BruderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Laird v. VilaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Colby v. StreetSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Seitz v. SitzeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
- Greenfield v. PetersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- Morrow v. PorterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Jentzen v. PruterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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