Knox v. Haug
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court of St. Louis county, Ensign, J., made August 22, 1891, denying her motion for a new trial. The action was ejectment to recover possession of an undivided half of certain town lots in the town of Maple Grove, in St. Louis county. The defendant denied plaintiff’s title and' right to possession, and claimed to have title himself in fee.
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Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court of St. Louis county, Ensign, J., made August 22, 1891, denying her motion for a new trial. The action was ejectment to recover possession of an undivided half of certain town lots in the town of Maple Grove, in St. Louis county. The defendant denied plaintiff’s title and' right to possession, and claimed to have title himself in fee. William L. McLennan owned the property, July 12, 1875, and on that day conveyed it to the plaintiff, but she did not record her deed until October 10, 1889. McLennan meantime conveyed the property to…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The contest in this case is between plaintiff, as grantee in a deed from one McLennan, executed July 12, 1876, but not recorded till October 10, 1889, and defendant, as grantee in a deed from the same grantor, executed February 26, 1886, and recorded June 21,1886. Plaintiff assails this deed on the ground that when he executed it the grantor was insane. To prove this he introduced on the trial proceedings before the judge of probate in St. Louis county, had under 1878 G. S. ch. 35, § 21, in which on November 12,1885, McLennan was committed to the hospital for the insane at St. Peter, as an…
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