Naddo v. Bardon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Statement by Bukwee, Circuit Justice: This case comes on appeal from the circuit court of the district of Minnesota. In that court a demurrer to the bill was sustained, and a decree entered dismissing the bill."
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Statement by Bukwee, Circuit Justice: This case comes on appeal from the circuit court of the district of Minnesota. In that court a demurrer to the bill was sustained, and a decree entered dismissing the bill." The facts, as they appear from the bill, are, in a general way, as follows: Plaintiff and appellant on January 1, 1863, received from the United States a patent for the land in controversy, situated in St. Louis county, Minn., to wit: The S. W. & of the N. 15. 1 of section 5, township 49, range 14. On…
1Opinion of the Court
Brewer, Circuit Justice,
(after stating the facts.) No doctrine is so wholesome, when wisely administered, as that of laches. It prevents the resurrection of stale titles, and forbids the spying out from the records of ancient and abandoned rights. It requires of every owner that he take care of his property, and of every claimant that he make known his claims. It gives to the actual and longer possessor security, and induces and justifies him in all efforts to improve and make valuable the property he holds. It is a doctrine received with favor, because its proper application works out…
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