Stauning v. Crookston Mercantile Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to quiet title. The case was tried before Watts, X, who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Prom, the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam.
Plaintiff is the owner of a lot in the city of Crookston 50 feet in width and 150 feet in length, and has a small dwelling house on the westerly 25 feet thereof which he rents to third parties, and a small store building on the easterly 25 feet thereof at the rear of which he and his family have resided for several years. The only question for decision is whether plaintiff is entitled to hold the entire lot as his homestead or only the easterly 25 feet thereof upon which the building in which he resides is located. This question is settled in plaintiff’s favor by the prior…
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