Powers v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Itasca county. The facts are. stated in the opinion. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., who made ■findings and as conclusions of law found that plaintiff had no right or title to the lands in controversy; that defendant Kenneth Clark for himself and others was the owner in fee simple of an undivided three-tenths interest in the lands; that the intervener, Charles W. Murphy, was the owner in fee simple of an undivided seven-tenths…
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Action in the district court for Itasca county. The facts are. stated in the opinion. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., who made ■findings and as conclusions of law found that plaintiff had no right or title to the lands in controversy; that defendant Kenneth Clark for himself and others was the owner in fee simple of an undivided three-tenths interest in the lands; that the intervener, Charles W. Murphy, was the owner in fee simple of an undivided seven-tenths interest in the lands. From an Order defiying plaintiff’s motion to set aside the findings and for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The A. J. Dwyer Pine Land Company was a corporation duly organized under the laws of this state, and as such owned certain tracts of land situated in this state and also in the state of Oregon. Plaintiff, A. H. Powers, and A. J. and W. J. Dwyer, were separately the owners of all the capital stock of the corporation, and had pledged the same to the Flour City National Bank of Minneapolis as security for an indebtedness due from each.' The indebtedness was not paid, and some time in the year 1901 the bank duly foreclosed its lien upon the stock, purchased the same at the sale, and, no…
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