Croswell v. Benton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, Christiana M. Benton and others, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Henry G. Hicks, J., made August 15, 1892, granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. The plaintiff, Elizabeth B. Croswell, brought this action to recover possession of lot ten (10) in block twenty-two (22) in St. Anthony. She alleged that in 1852 William A. Cheever owned the lot in fee simple, and that she had by sundry mesne conveyances, acquired his title.
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Appeal by defendants, Christiana M. Benton and others, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Henry G. Hicks, J., made August 15, 1892, granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. The plaintiff, Elizabeth B. Croswell, brought this action to recover possession of lot ten (10) in block twenty-two (22) in St. Anthony. She alleged that in 1852 William A. Cheever owned the lot in fee simple, and that she had by sundry mesne conveyances, acquired his title. That defendants claim title adverse to her through a certain tax certificate which is invalid. The defendants were the widow…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action in ejectment, in which the defendants had a verdict. The present appeal is from an order granting a new trial because the court below was of the opinion that it erred when charging the jury. The plaintiff was the owner of the property, unless her title had been divested in proceedings under Laws 1881, ch. 135,—the act .to enforce the payment of taxes which became delinquent in and prior to 1879; and the regularity of the sale of.the premises to defendants’ predecessor in interest under that act is not questioned, except as will appear from the following statement: The tax…
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