Gilbert v. Case
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action of ejectment in the district court for Carlton county and to recover $245 damages. The case was tried before Eesler, J\, who when plaintiff rested denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the action and their motion for a directed verdict in their favor, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the recovery of possession and assessing his damages at $96.50. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial,…
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Action of ejectment in the district court for Carlton county and to recover $245 damages. The case was tried before Eesler, J\, who when plaintiff rested denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the action and their motion for a directed verdict in their favor, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the recovery of possession and assessing his damages at $96.50. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Action in ejectment. Verdict for the plaintiff. Defendants appeal from the order denying their blended motion for judgment or a new trial.
1. The plaintiff was the owner of all of a certain lot in Cloquet'except the southerly 32 feet and the northerly 53 feet. This tract was about 15 feet wide and faced on a street to the east. The southerly 32 feet was owned by the plaintiff’s wife. She also owned an adjoining tract to the west. There was a house principally on lot 1 and the tract to the west. It extended some 3 feet onto the plaintiff’s land. It was built by the plaintiff as a…
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