Styer v. Sprague
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Sprague from an order of tbe district court for Houston county, Whytock, J., denying a motion for a new trial. The action was originally brought against Ara D. Sprague as sole defendant. Afterwards an order was made granting plaintiff leave to amend the complaint and making Mary Weibke and Henry Weibke, her husband, Peter Styer, Joseph Vossen, Mathias Simon and Catherine Simon, his wife, parties defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an equitable action, brought originally against the defendant Sprague, to remove a cloud upon title. Subsequently the other defendants were brought in upon motion of plaintiff, as parties necessary to a proper and complete decree.
In October, 1889, the title to the land described in the complaint was in plaintiff’s husband, Peter Styer. It was then mortgaged to plaintiff’s brother-in-law, defendant Mathias Simon, and soon after was conveyed to him, by warranty deed, in alleged satisfaction of the mortgage debt. May 1, following, it was conveyed by Simon and his wife to the plaintiff,…
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