Welch v. Ketchum
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court, Benton county, Baxter, J., made June 23, 1891, refusing a new trial. Leander S. Ketehum and William H. Coffin, of the state of New York, purchased of the United States, July 1, 1856, section 23, in township 38 north, of range 30 west, in Benton county, and held it as tenants in common. On May 11, 1860, Coffin and wife quit-claimed to Ketehum his interest in the north half of the land, but the deed was never recorded.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court, Benton county, Baxter, J., made June 23, 1891, refusing a new trial. Leander S. Ketehum and William H. Coffin, of the state of New York, purchased of the United States, July 1, 1856, section 23, in township 38 north, of range 30 west, in Benton county, and held it as tenants in common. On May 11, 1860, Coffin and wife quit-claimed to Ketehum his interest in the north half of the land, but the deed was never recorded. Ketehum died intestate January 1, 1869, leaving a widow, (the defendant,) but no kindred, and she inherited his estate.…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action for partition, the facts, over which there was no controversy, being very simple. Prior to 1860 the general government duly sold, and by its patents conveyed, to Leander S-. Ketchum and William H. Coffin, jointly, the section of land in dispute. These patents were duly recorded. On May -11th of that year, the latter, his wife joining, executed and delivered to Ketchum a quitclaim deed of the north half of the section, but this, deed was *246never recorded. From that time on, until 1869, Ketchum regularly paid the taxes on the entire premises. He then died intestate, his sole heir being…
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