Sommer v. Meyer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Goodhue county to determine a boundary line. The case was tried before Hodgson, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiffs. From an order denying his motion for judgment in his favor notwithstanding the decision or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
This action is brought under G. S. 1913, §' 8095, to determine a disputed boundary. Plaintiffs own the north half of the northwest quarter of section 10, and defendant the northeast quarter of section 9. The dispute is as to the location of the section line between sections 9 and 10. The original post set by the government surveyor at the north section corner, between sections 9 and 10, is lost. In 1907 the county surveyor of Goodhue county located this corner and, with it, the section line. The trial, court found this location to be correct.
The contention is, in substance, that the finding…
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