Legal Opinion

Bunker v. Hanson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 30, 1906No. Nos. 14,956—(92)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the municipal court of Minneapolis, entered pursuant to the order of Waite, J., dismissing the action.

1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.

The question presented by this appeal is whether or not the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis has jurisdiction in forcible entry and unlawful detainer proceedings based upon breach of terms of a lease to lands which lie partly within Hennepin county and partly without, to wit, in Scott county.

The action of forcible entry and unlawful detainer is a local action, involving, as the trial court pointed out, the ouster of the tenant from the lands and the restitution of possession thereof to the landlord. Jurisdiction of the land is therefore essential to its maintenance. It is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Burke v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  2. State ex rel. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. District Court of Hennepin CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  3. Munger v. CroweAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lilienthal v. TordoffSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922

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