Trustees of East Norway Lake Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Froislie
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiffs in this action are “The Trustees of the East Norway ^Lake Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota,” and “The Trustees of the West Norway Lake Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota,” and they brought the action in the district court for Kandiyohi county, to recover the possession of certain real property detained by the defendant, and of which the plaintiffs allege that they are the joint owners.
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The plaintiffs in this action are “The Trustees of the East Norway ^Lake Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota,” and “The Trustees of the West Norway Lake Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota,” and they brought the action in the district court for Kandiyohi county, to recover the possession of certain real property detained by the defendant, and of which the plaintiffs allege that they are the joint owners. The answer denies plaintiffs’ incorporation and ownership, admit defendants’ possession, and justifies the same under a lease…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
On. the trial of this case much irrelevant and immaterial evidence was introduced or offered, and almost all of the evidence offered by either party was objected to by the other. And when the case comes here on appeal, we are confronted with the formidable number of 42 assignments of error. But when this mass of rubbish is removed, the material facts are found to be comparatively simple, and the legal questions involved very few.
The action is ejectment. The common source of title under which both parties claim is a religious society, incorporated under Gen. St. c. 34, title 4, under the name…
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