McNamara v. Casserly
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by Bridget McNamara against Michael Gassefly, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company, W. H. Truesdale, as receiver of said railway company, and others. After the trial and decision, the plaintiff having died, Thomas McNamara and others were substituted as plaintiffs. From an order, Hooker, J., denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
This is an action for partition, but the real purpose of the action is to try the title to eleven-twelfths of the real estate described in the complaint. The heirs of Michael Cassidy (or Casserly), some of whom are plaintiffs and the others defendants, claim that they are the owners of said eleven-twelfths, and that the defendants Beard and the railway company are the owners of the other one-twelfth of said real estate, while the railway company claims that it is the owner of the whole thereof. The railway company claims title (1) by reason of a tax title, (2) by reason of adverse possession,…
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