Security Land & Exploration Co. v. Burns
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. •This is an action of ejectment, commenced in the District Court of St. Louis County, in the State of Minnesota, to recover certain lands in that county described in the complaint.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. •This is an action of ejectment, commenced in the District Court of St. Louis County, in the State of Minnesota, to recover certain lands in that county described in the complaint. The trial was by the court, and judgment was entered for the defendant, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Minnesota; and the plaintiff has sued out this writ of error to review that judgment. 87 Minnesota, 97. The following facts (among others) were found by the trial court: “ 1. That plaintiff is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The land in controversy in this case is- described in the foregoing statement of facts, and it lies between the meander line as 'it appears on the plat of the survey referred to in the patents and the actual borders of the lake. (See the sketch of the plat at page 43 of volume 189, United States Reports.) Regarding the question of the boundaries, counsel for plaintiff in error assert in their brief -that if distance is to prevail, then the land in controversy is an unsurveyed strip lying between the lots of the plaintiff in eri’or and the lake; while if the natural monument is to prevail,…
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