Meyers v. Meyers

OPINION

RANDALL, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment finding respondent the owner of the disputed property (family home) through adverse possession. We reverse and remand to the trial court to hold an ancillary hearing to determine ownership rights in Minnesota real estate which was not mentioned in a foreign jurisdiction divorce decree and to consider equitable claims raised by respondent.

FACTS

Respondent Bernadine Meyers and appellant Robert Meyers were married in 1940. In 1947 they moved into Robert’s father’s house in Winona. During that year, the Meyers, their three children,…