Sheets v. Prosser
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Nelson County; Fisic, J. Action by A. E. Sheets against W. B. Prosser. From an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendant appeals. Uniting action to quiet title with one for a forfeiture is a misjoinder. Rev. Codes 1905, section 6877; Jasper v. Hazen, 2 N. D. 401, 51 N. W. 583, 23 L. R. A. 58. Where plaintiff’s bill to quiet title shows a valid interest in the defendant it is demurrable. 17 Enc. PL & Pr. 336. Sub.
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Appeal from District Court, Nelson County; Fisic, J. Action by A. E. Sheets against W. B. Prosser. From an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendant appeals. Uniting action to quiet title with one for a forfeiture is a misjoinder. Rev. Codes 1905, section 6877; Jasper v. Hazen, 2 N. D. 401, 51 N. W. 583, 23 L. R. A. 58. Where plaintiff’s bill to quiet title shows a valid interest in the defendant it is demurrable. 17 Enc. PL & Pr. 336. Sub. Div. 5, Id. 340. Failure to foreclose a lien upon demand to do so, destroys not the lien, but the remedy; and when seeking to quiet title…
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The plaintiff seeks in this case to recover upon two causes of action. He first alleges that defendant filed a mechanics lien upon certain real property of which he is the owner in Lakota, Nelson county, N. D. ;that on the 13th day of June, 1904, he served *182defendant personally with a notice and demand in writing, under and pursuant to provisions of section 4797, Rev. Codes N. D. 1899, whereby defendant was notified and required to commence suit to foreclose his lien; that defendant wholly failed to commence such suit within 30 days after service of such notice, or at all; and that plaintiff’s…
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