Supreme Court of Minnesota January 2, 1925, No. 24,223. (Lind v. Russell)

Holt, J.

Action for specific performance, decision for defendants, and appeal by plaintiffs from the order refusing to amend the findings and denying a new trial.

In the early days of the state one Russell owned a government lot on St. Croix river which was platted as a townsite, but no town arose thereon. Russell died, leaving three young children, who were taken by relatives to a distant state.