Groff v. State Bank of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by the defendant, the State Bank of Minneapolis, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, Hooker, J., entered November 5, 1891. Benjamin B. Groff and Hugh A. Gilson jointly owned a lot fronting south upon Nineteenth street in Minneapolis. It was fifty feet front by two hundred feet deep. On May 4, 1887, they conveyed this lot to William H. Groff.
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Appeal by the defendant, the State Bank of Minneapolis, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, Hooker, J., entered November 5, 1891. Benjamin B. Groff and Hugh A. Gilson jointly owned a lot fronting south upon Nineteenth street in Minneapolis. It was fifty feet front by two hundred feet deep. On May 4, 1887, they conveyed this lot to William H. Groff. On June 18, 1887, he deeded back the east half to Gilson, and on September 10, 1889, he deeded the west half to Thomas W. Groff, the son of Benjamin B. Groff. He did this on the father’s request. The father was, by his…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The undisputed facts in this case are that Benjamin B. Groff and Hugh. A. Gilson, being the owners as tenants in common of certain real estate, on May 4, 1887, without consideration, *237conveyed it to one William H. Groff for the sole purpose of effecting a partition of the premises between them by having William H. Groff convey one half in severalty to each. This conveyance was recorded July 13, 1887. In pursuance and execution of this arrangement, William H. Groff conveyed one half in severalty to Gilson, but made no conveyance at that time of the other half (the premises in dispute) to…
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