Drewes v. First National Bank of Detroit Lakes

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

The trial court granted respondent, First National Bank of Detroit Lakes (creditor), partial summary judgment against appellants, Clarence Drewes and Drewes Construction Company (debtors), claim of breach of an oral contract saying that Minn.Stat. § 513.33 (1988) prohibited debtors’ claim. After a trial on the remaining claims, debtors brought a motion for new trial alleging that the trial court’s refusal to allow their breach of oral contract claim was error because application of section 513.33 to their claim was an unconstitutional impairment of contract. Debtors…