Bryant v. Nelson-Frey Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Crow Wing county to determine the adverse claims of defendants to vacant and unoccupied land. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., who found in favor of plaintiffs. From a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, defendant Nelson-Frey Company appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This was an action to determine adverse claims. The plaintiffs and respondents alleged that they held the record title to certain vacant land. Defendant and appellant claimed that it owned the land through a tax deed, attached as an exhibit to its answer; that plaintiffs were estopped to assert ownership; and that, in case ownership were found in plaintiffs, a decree to that effect should be conditioned on precedent payment by plaintiffs of taxes paid by defendant, with interest. The court, hearing the case without a jury, expressly found, upon a stipulated statement of facts, that plaintiffs…
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