St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. Phelps
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. In equity, to quiet title. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
This was a suit in equity brought by the St.. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, 'a Minnesota corporation,, against Ransom Phelps, to quiet the title to about 80 acres of land in Richland County, North Dakota, particularly described as the east half of the southeast quarter of section .13, township 132, range 48, alleged to belong to the plaintiff, and which was claimed by the defendant.
The bill was filed April 29, 1884, and set forth at great length the various steps by which the plaintiff derived its claim of title, averred that the defendant had no valid title to the land, by…
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