Olson v. Orton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for the counties of Stevens, Big Stone and Traverse, refusing a new trial, after a trial before Brown, J., and a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Gilfillan, C. J.*
Action for deceit. Defendant was in possession, for the purpose of pre-empting, of certain lands of the United States subject to pre-emption, had filed in the local land-office his statement declaring his intention to pre-empt the lands, and had made improvements thereon. In November, 1876, for a valuable consideration, he sold to, plaintiff all his right, title and interest in the land, *37and abandoned the same in- his favor, so that he might take possession. The purpose manifestly was that defendant should surrender his possession and improvements to plaintiff, so that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Porter v. FletcherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
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