Veum v. Sheeran
Supreme Court of Minnesota
After the decision reported in 88- Minn. 257, defendant demanded a second trial under the statute. After such trial before Cadwell, J.r Soneva Houg and Gertrude Veum, widow and daughter respectively of Peter O. Houg and his sole heirs, were made parties defendant.
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After the decision reported in 88- Minn. 257, defendant demanded a second trial under the statute. After such trial before Cadwell, J.r Soneva Houg and Gertrude Veum, widow and daughter respectively of Peter O. Houg and his sole heirs, were made parties defendant. The action having been transferred to the district court for Te Sueur county, judgment therein was entered that defendant Sheeran was entitled to a conveyance of the land described in the pleadings, upon payment of the sum of $3,955.30 within thirty days thereafter to the plaintiff and the defendant widow and daughter, or in case…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
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