Scofield v. Quinn
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Ann'ie E. Scofield, from a judgment of tbe District Court of Hennepin County, William Lochren, J.„ entered October 1, 1892. This action was to determine the adverse claims of defendants,. Jennie E. Quinn and Margaret L. Quinn, to an undivided half of a farm in said county, lying about four miles southwest of Fort Snell-ing.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Ann'ie E. Scofield, from a judgment of tbe District Court of Hennepin County, William Lochren, J.„ entered October 1, 1892. This action was to determine the adverse claims of defendants,. Jennie E. Quinn and Margaret L. Quinn, to an undivided half of a farm in said county, lying about four miles southwest of Fort Snell-ing. The plaintiff for complaint stated that she was owner in fee and in possession of the farm; that defendants each claimed an estate and interest in the land adverse to her, but that their claims were unfounded and void. She prayed judgment to that…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
On motion of the defendant, judgment was rendered in her favor on the pleadings, and the plaintiff appealed therefrom. The plaintiff being in the possession of certain real estate, and asserting title thereto, instituted the action under the statute to determine adverse claims asserted by the defendant. The defendant, this respondent, answered, setting up title through a conveyance made by the plaintiff to Margaret Brosseau in 1879, and who died in 1888, leaving a will, by which she devised to this respondent an undivided one-fourth of the premises. The plaintiff replied, setting forth this…
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