Johnson v. Quaal

Dell, Chief Justice.

This is an action for an accounting and for the conveyance to the plaintiffs of the legal title to a farm located in Lac qui Parle County. Defendant John Quaal, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, 1 appeals from a judgment determining the amount due under a contract for sale and requiring him to convey his interest in the farm to the plaintiffs.

Prior to 1943 plaintiffs admittedly were the owners of the farm subject only to a mortgage to the Federal Land Bank. On February 11, 1943, the mortgage was substantially in default, and negotiations were conducted between the…