Arnold v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by Eliza M. Arnold, tbe widow of Cassins C. Merritt, deceased, in tbe district court for St. Louis county against Hansen E..
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Action by Eliza M. Arnold, tbe widow of Cassins C. Merritt, deceased, in tbe district court for St. Louis county against Hansen E.. Smith, Tbe Northern Security Company, H. E. Smith & Company,, corporations, H. H. Phelps, as trustee of the creditors of Hansen Smith, and another, copartners as the Merchants Bank, L. A. Barnes, trustee in bankruptcy of Hansen Smith individually and Hansen Smith and another, copartners as the Merchants Bank of Duluth, and others, to obtain a decree that defendants and each of them held any part of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 12,…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Action to declare and enforce a constructive trust and for other relief.
Cassius C. Merritt, one of the discoverers of the Iron Range, and himself familiar with the discoveries of iron and iron properties thereon from actual observations made on the grounds, and an experienced iron man, died testate in April, 1894, leaving a widow, this plaintiff, as his sole devisee and executrix. Several children also survived him. The defendant Hansen E. Smith since 1892 has resided in Duluth, and since 1894 has been familiar in a general way with what was considered iron property. In February, 1894, he…
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- King v. RemingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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