Pinney v. Russell & Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Russell & Co., a corporation, from an order of the District Court of Chippewa County, C. L. Brown, J., made March 23, 1S92, denying its application for a new trial. John W. Humprey purchased of the United States the west half of the southeast quarter of section fourteen, (14,) T. 116, R. 39, in Chippewa County, and on December 15, 1874, he received a patent for it.
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Appeal by defendant, Russell & Co., a corporation, from an order of the District Court of Chippewa County, C. L. Brown, J., made March 23, 1S92, denying its application for a new trial. John W. Humprey purchased of the United States the west half of the southeast quarter of section fourteen, (14,) T. 116, R. 39, in Chippewa County, and on December 15, 1874, he received a patent for it. He sold and conveyed the land March 7, 1877, to Sarah A. Fuller, and she conveyed it to John M. Spicer, and he to plaintiff, Leslie H. Pinney. The land is and ever has been vacant and unoccupied. Nathan S.…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
This is an action under the statute to determine, adverse claims to certain real estate in Chippewa county. The defendant is a corporation. Both parties claim to have acquired title from John W. Humphrey, who owned the land prior to 1877, when he executed a conveyance thereof, through which the plaintiff’s asserted title is derived. The defendant’s claim of title is through an execution sale on a judgment rendered and docketed against J. W. Humphrey and others in 1874, and shortly before John W. Humphrey acquired the title to this land.
*446The ease was tried by a referee,'whose decision in favor…
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