Midway Co. v. Eaton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to determine adverse claims to land. The case was tried before Moer, J., who found in favor of defendants. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, and also from a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiff appealed.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to determine adverse claims to land. The case was tried before Moer, J., who found in favor of defendants. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, and also from a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiff appealed. Counsel cited the act of congress of July 17, 1854 (10 St. 304), giving the reasons for its passage with particular reference to the clause against the assignability of the scrip issued thereunder. For the construction placed upon the act by the land department of the United States: Hyde v. Eaton, 12 L. D. (Dep.…
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, J.2
Action to determine an adverse elaim to three governmental subdivisions situated in St. Louis county. The court below found against plaintiff, the corporation, and ordered judgment in favor of the defendants, as owners of undivided interests. The appeal is from an order denying a new trial, and also from the judgment thereinafter entered.
This case is another chapter of the controversy which has been in progress since 1883, in the courts and in the interior department of the general government, over that well-known and very at*445tractive section 80. The particular tracts here involved…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Taylor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1865
- Bishop Iron Co. v. HydeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Hyde v. Bishop Iron CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Marks v. DicksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1858