Chan v. Brandt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action of ejectment, brought in the district court for Douglas county, and tried before Baxter, J., who directed a verdict for plaintiff. The defendant appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The plaintiff has acquired the title of the patentee to the southeast quarter of section 31, township 127, range 28, and the defendant is the owner of the northeast quarter of the same section. The dispute in this case is over the boundary line. The location of the quarter-post on the east line of the section is agreed on by the parties, but they disagree as to the location of the quarter-corner on the west line of the section. In accordance with the acts of congress and rules of the land department, all subdivisional lines of a section must be straight lines running from the proper corner in…
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