Scheifert v. Briegel
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Sibley county to determine the boundary lines of the parties, riparian owners, and their respective ownerships of the bed of a lake, originally meandered and since become dry. The case was tried before Cadwell, J., who determined .the boundary lines in the manner set forth in the opinion. From an order denying their separate motions for a new trial, plaintiff Joseph Hirsch-man and defendants Swan R'ydeen and John Briegel severally appealed.
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Action in the district court for Sibley county to determine the boundary lines of the parties, riparian owners, and their respective ownerships of the bed of a lake, originally meandered and since become dry. The case was tried before Cadwell, J., who determined .the boundary lines in the manner set forth in the opinion. From an order denying their separate motions for a new trial, plaintiff Joseph Hirsch-man and defendants Swan R'ydeen and John Briegel severally appealed. The plats referred to in the opinion follow:
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, X
Swan Rake, in Sibley county, meandered and nonnavigable, originally contained several hundred acre's, occupying portions of sections 17, 18, 19, and 20, township 112, range 31. For a great many years it has been gradually drying up, and at the time of the commencement of this action was practically dry land, and the various shore owners commenced this proceeding for the purpose of partitioning the bed of the lake. The trial court divided the land in accordance with the plat, Figure i, and for the purpose of division established three central points, C, D, and E, connecting them by…
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