Ashton v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action of ejectment in the district court for Ramsey county. The case was tried before Bunn, J., who found in favor of defendant; and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiffs appealed. Wheeler E. Peclcham and Frederick Allis also submitted a brief in behalf of Eliza Burton Ashton Allis, a tenant in common with plaintiffs under the same title.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action to recover possession of an undivided half of certain lots in the city of St. Paul.
Plaintiffs, as the heirs of a remainder-man, and defendant corporation, as the tenant of another corporation, the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company, claim title through a common source, one Joseph Ashton, who died testate in 1874, seised of the premises, except a portion which he had previously conveyed to the predecessor in interest of the last-mentioned corporation, and as to this portion there was no controversy at the trial. Defendant’s right of possession to the balance of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Yetzer v. BrisseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
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- Rogers v. Clark Iron Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- State v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
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