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Clark v. Butts

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 15, 1899No. Nos. 11,912—(85)PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to determine adverse claims. The question whether the deed, referred to in the opinion, contained, when signed and acknowledged, the name of Charles Butts as grantee was submitted to a jury, which found in the affirmative.

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Action in tbe district court for Ramsey county to determine adverse claims. The question whether the deed, referred to in the opinion, contained, when signed and acknowledged, the name of Charles Butts as grantee was submitted to a jury, which found in the affirmative. The other facts and issues were determined by the court, Otis, J., who adopted the verdict, and found as conclusions of, law, among other things, that the redemption by defendants B.utts and Jaques was valid and operative as a redemption by them as owners, and not as judgment creditors, and that the foreclosure sale was thereby…

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

This case was before us on a former appeal, and most of the questions involved were settled by'the decision then rendered, to which reference is here made for a statement of the facts. Clark v. Butts, 73 Minn. 361, 76 N. W. 199. On the first trial the court below found that the deed from the Watermans, executed in September, 1892, did not, when delivered, contain the name of any grantee, and this court held that it was error, upon this state of facts, to hold that the deed conveyed the land to Butts; that a deed executed in blank as to the grantee is, as between the immediate parties, of no…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Clark v. ButtsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Board of Education v. HughesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
  2. Joing v. O & P Partnership (In Re Joing)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1986
  3. Powers v. SherrySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
  4. Kirsch v. Scandia American BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  5. Slagle v. SlagleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932

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