Wray v. Litchfield
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants Melvin J. Clark, who disclaimed any interest in the lands in controversy, and Clark & Scudder Lumber Company, from a judgment of the district court for Carlton county, in favor of plaintiff and against said defendants, entered in pursuance of the findings and order of Charles L. Lewis, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
In a statutory action to determine adverse claims to the undivided one-half of a certain parcel of land, plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant lumber company appeals.
In 1881 the original or patent title to an undivided one-half of the land in controversy was held by plaintiff’s grantors, and the other undivided one-half by Clifford & Maxfield. M. J. Clark received a void tax deed to the first-mentioned one-half, which he placed on record, and that one-half was transferred to him for taxation on the auditor’s books. The next year each undivided one-half of the land was assessed separately.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McQuade v. JaffraySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hoyt v. LightbodySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Easton v. ScofieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896