Murtaugh v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Dakota county to recover possession of a certain tract of land. The case was tried before Crosby, J., who directed the jury to render a verdict for defendant. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment brought October 12, 1906, in the district court of the county of Dakota, to recover from the defendant the possession of a strip of land one hundred feet wide running through lot 6, section 36, township 115, range 17, in the county of Dakota, which the plaintiff claims to own in fee. The defendant .claimed title to the land by adverse possession and at the close of the evidence the. *53trial court directed a verdict for it. The plaintiff appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The facts are undisputed. Lot 6, which includes the land in question,…
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