Sherin v. Brackett
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiffs brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover the possession of a strip of land in Minneapolis. Upon the trial before Young, J., and a jury, the plaintiffs having rested, their case, the action was dismissed, on defendant’s motion, for plaintiffs’ failure to make out a case. Plaintiffs appeal from, an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
This is an action in the nature of ejectment, in which the plaintiffs, seeking to recover possession of a strip of land, alleged that on October 1, 1885, and long before, they were and now are owners thereof; and further that they and their ancestors, from whom they derive title, have been in the actual, peaceable, open, notorious, adverse, and continuous possession thereof for more than 25 years prior and up to October 8, 1885; that on that day, while they were in such actual possession, defendant unlawfully entered upon said *153strip of land and wrongfully ejected them therefrom, and ever…
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