Sage v. Morosick
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court fqr Swift county, Powers, J., denying his motion for a new trial after a verdict for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
Action of ejectment commenced February 3, 1894. Plaintiff claims under a paper title, and defendant by virtue of adverse possession. The premises in controversy are a quarter section of land in Swift county. Plaintiff is and has been the owner thereof since 1866, unless the defendant has acquired title by adverse possession.
In order to acquire title by adverse possession it is necessary that there be an actual entry upon the premises which is hostile to the true owner, and followed by a continuous dominion and appropriation of the premises to use, by one not invested with the legal title, for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lessee of Ewing v. BurnetSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Cook v. ClintonMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Sauers v. GiddingsMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Village of Glencoe v. WadsworthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Curtis v. CampbellMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
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