Morrill v. Little Falls Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, Little Falls Manufacturing Company, Charles A. Bullen and Charles F. Mayhew, from a judgment of the District Court of Morrison County, D. B. Searle, J., entered June 11,1892, decreeing that neither of them had any title to, or estate in, a large amount of lands and town lots in and near Little Falls in said county. The plaintiff, Ashley C. Morrill, brought this action, November 15, 1888, under 1878 Gf. S. ch. 75, § 2, and Ex. Sess.
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Appeal by defendants, Little Falls Manufacturing Company, Charles A. Bullen and Charles F. Mayhew, from a judgment of the District Court of Morrison County, D. B. Searle, J., entered June 11,1892, decreeing that neither of them had any title to, or estate in, a large amount of lands and town lots in and near Little Falls in said county. The plaintiff, Ashley C. Morrill, brought this action, November 15, 1888, under 1878 Gf. S. ch. 75, § 2, and Ex. Sess. Laws 1881, ch. 81, against the defendants above named, and others, and also all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title,…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This was the ordinary statutory action to determine adverse claims to real property, the plaintiff alleging generally that he was the owner in fee and in possession, and that the defendants claimed some interest adverse to him. Bullen and Mayhew, as stockholders, were admitted to defend on behalf of the defendant corporation, for reasons assigned when the case was here on a former appeal. 46 Minn. 260, (48 N. W. Rep. 1124.)
Their answer, in brief, is that the corporation is the owner of property in controversy; that the interest claimed by plaintiff is by virtue of a deed purporting to have…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- N.Y. N.H.R.R. Co. v. . SchuylerNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Herrick v. MorrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Humphrey v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Ex parte WillocksNew York Supreme Court · 1827
- State ex rel. White v. FerrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
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