Legal Opinion

Pardoe v. Merritt

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 20, 1898No. Nos. 11,242—(113)PublishedCited by 4 opinions

From an order denying plaintiff’s motion to amend the findings, and from a judgment in favor of defendants, entered in the district court for St. Louis county in pursuance of an order of Moer, J., plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

START, O. J.

The short facts of this case, as found by the trial court, are these: The plaintiff, then Bertina M. Webb, — a minor, and the surviving child of Alfred P. Webb, deceased, who was an honorably discharged soldier of the Union army, — was on July 27,1881, by reason of her mother’s remarriage, entitled to an additional homestead entry, of not exceeding 80 acres, as provided by R. S. (U. S.) § 2306. On that day her mother, then Ellen J. Lawson, was duly appointed her guardian by the county court of the county of Butler, in the state of Nebraska, where they then resided, and on the same…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Webster v. LutherSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Myers v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
  3. Webster v. LutherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  4. Mullen v. WineU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado · 1886
  5. Tuman v. PillsburySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rogers v. Clark Iron Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
  2. Matthews v. MiresSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  3. Farmers State Bank v. WalchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  4. Kipp v. LoveSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915

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