Legal Opinion

Phelps v. Heaton

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 25, 1900No. Nos. 12,086—(79)PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Action in the district court for Blue Earth county to reform a deed and to bar the title of Julius Heaton and three others, minors, in the premises. The case was tried before Severance; J., who found in favor of plaintiff, and judgment .pursuant to the findings was entered. Subsequently to the coming of age of the minors an order was made vacating the judgment, from which order plaintiff appealed.

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Action in the district court for Blue Earth county to reform a deed and to bar the title of Julius Heaton and three others, minors, in the premises. The case was tried before Severance; J., who found in favor of plaintiff, and judgment .pursuant to the findings was entered. Subsequently to the coming of age of the minors an order was made vacating the judgment, from which order plaintiff appealed. An attorney can act during pendency of the action, or within two years after judgment rendered, to the extent that he may within that time receive the money and satisfy the judgment. There is no…

1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.

This action was commenced March 13, 1889, in the district court of the county of Blue Earth, for the purpose of reforming a certain deed described in the complaint, and to bar all title of the defendants Julius Heaton, Frank Heaton, Nellie May Heaton, Bertha Maude Heaton, and each of them, in and to the land described in such deed and in the complaint.

The defendants specially named were then infants residing in the state of Wisconsin. All of them were over fourteen and under twenty years of age, except Bertha Maude Heaton, who was then thirteen years of age. The summons was never served,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Yorke v. YorkeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Insurance Co. v. BangsSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Ingersoll v. . MangamNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  4. Berthold v. FoxSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
  5. Crouter v. . CrouterNew York Court of Appeals · 1892

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Sache v. WallaceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
  2. Wall v. MeilkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
  3. Keane v. AllenIdaho Supreme Court · 1949
  4. In Re WretlindSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
  5. Atwood v. AtwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958

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