Legal Opinion

Eidam v. Finnegan

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 18, 1892PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered in the district court of Hennepin county, April 17, 1891, Stnith, J. Action under the statute to determine adverse claim to certain real estate in Mendelssohn, Hennepin county. The defendants Edward A. Finnegan, P. James Finnegan, and J. Henry Finnegan were minors, and their father, the defendant Andrew J. Finnegan, their guardian ad litem. All of the defendants answered jointly by the same attorney.

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Appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered in the district court of Hennepin county, April 17, 1891, Stnith, J. Action under the statute to determine adverse claim to certain real estate in Mendelssohn, Hennepin county. The defendants Edward A. Finnegan, P. James Finnegan, and J. Henry Finnegan were minors, and their father, the defendant Andrew J. Finnegan, their guardian ad litem. All of the defendants answered jointly by the same attorney. On September 18, 1890, in the district court of Hennepin county, a stipulation entitled “ E. H. Eidem, Plaintiff, against A. J. Finnegan et al.,…

1Opinion of the Court

Gilfillan, 0. J.

In this action, brought under the statute to determine adverse claims to real estate, three of the defendants are minors. A guardian ad litem for them was seasonably appointed, and the defendants, appearing by the same attorney, answered jointly. After the issues were made, the attorneys for the respective parties *55made a stipulation in writing that the action abide the event of another action, which had been tried in the district court, and was then pending on appeal in this court. Final judgment having been rendered in the action referred to, the court, on motion of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. In Re the Several Accountings of the Executors of TildenNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  2. In Re the Accountings of HawleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. Brenner v. BigelowSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
  4. Ashford v. PattonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  5. Bray v. DohenySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Berry v. ChaplinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
  2. Gibson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  3. Brown v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  4. Robinson v. WilsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
  5. Rodgers v. United States & Dominion Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914

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