Ferguson v. Trovaten
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Wilkin county to recover possession of land and $1,000 for the detention thereof. The case was tried before Flaherty, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for possession and $540 damages. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an action to recover from the defendants the possession of the land described in the complaint, with damages for withholding it from the plaintiff. Both parties claim title through a common source, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, hereafter referred to as the company. The plaintiff’s claim to the land was based upon an execu*210tory agreement to convey the land to him for the sum of $3,000, made July 2,1901, by the company, and a further contract made by it on December 23, 1902. In this last contract it was recited that it was the intention of the parties by the original to confer…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Tice v. FreemanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Jorgenson v. JorgensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Hayden v. AlbeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1873
- Olson v. Minnesota & North Wisconsin RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Slingerland v. SlingerlandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
3Cited by10 opinions
- Lake Company v. MolanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Gregory Co. v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Hayes v. HayesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Snow v. SnowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Schwinn v. GriffithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
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