Clausen v. Salhus

Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment in, favor of defendants.

The action was brought in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover possession of real property, a lot in Minneapolis on which there is a building, claimed to be wrongfully detained by the defendants.

Plaintiffs held a mortgage upon the property, which had been duly foreclosed and the year for redemption had expired. The defense was that the mortgage was usurious and that therefore the plaintiffs had acquired no title by the foreclosure. The court 'found the mortgage usurious and invalid and found plaintiffs not entitled to…