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MATTER OF MORATZKA

A21-0829 A21-0832.

988 N.W.2d 42 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the Application of Timothy D. MORATZKA, TRUSTEE OF the NANCY L. MAYEN RESIDUAL TRUST.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: March 29, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Peter J. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellant Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Matti R. Adam , Itasca County Attorney, Michael J. Haig , Chief Assistant County Attorney, Grand Rapids, Minnesota; and Kenneth H. Bayliss , Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A., Saint Cloud, Minnesota, for appellant Itasca County.

Allen E. Christy, Jr. , Julie N. Nagorski , DeWitt LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent Timothy D. Moratzka.

Jay T. Squires , Rupp, Anderson, Squires, Waldspurger & Mace, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Association of Minnesota Counties, Minnesota County Engineers Association, and Minnesota Association of County Surveyors.

Patricia Y. Beety , Susan L. Naughton , League of Minnesota Cities, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae League of Minnesota Cities.

James J. Thomson , Michelle E. Weinberg , Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association of Townships.

Howard A. Roston , Devin T. Driscoll , Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors.

Monte A. Mills , Aaron P. Knoll , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae MN-FISH Sportfishing Foundation.

OPINION

This case concerns whether the Marketable Title Act (MTA), Minn. Stat. § 541.023 (2022), extinguished the public's interest in an undeveloped road dedicated to public use by plat over 100 years ago. Respondent Timothy D. Moratzka, trustee of the Nancy L. Mayen Residual Trust, initiated a Torrens proceeding...

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