Holterhoff v. Mead
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Eamsey county to establish his equitable ownership of an undivided half of certain described land in that county, subject to the defendant’s lien for one-half the amounts paid by him in redeeming the land from a mortgage sale, in payment of taxes, and in procuring tax titles.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Eamsey county to establish his equitable ownership of an undivided half of certain described land in that county, subject to the defendant’s lien for one-half the amounts paid by him in redeeming the land from a mortgage sale, in payment of taxes, and in procuring tax titles. Plaintiff also-asked for an accounting of the sums so expended by defendant, and that, on payment by plaintiff of one-half thereof, with interest, the-defendant be required to convey to him an undivided half interest in-the land. The action was tried by Simons, J.,…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The appellants assign error in the findings of fact' made by the court in two or three particulars, to which we do not deem it necessary to here refer. The findings are justified by the evidence.
The principal point of contention is as to whether, upon the facts of the case as found by the court, the payment made by the defend*44•ant Mead to the person who had purchased at the mortgage foreclosure sale, and the assignment of the purchaser’s certificate of sale to Mead, had the effect, as to the plaintiff, of a redemption, or of a purchase strictly, ripening, upon the expiration of the time for…
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