Snyder v. Wolford
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover one-half of the net profits made on the purchase and sale of certain real estate. A jury was waived, and the action tried by Koon, J., who found the facts as stated in the opinion, and ordered judgment for plaintiff for $1,890, with interest from August •8, 1881. Defendant appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
As the facts are found by the court below, — and the evidence of the plaintiff, taken as a whole, justifies the finding,— the plaintiff, in 1871, ascertained that a certain piece of land in Minneapolis could be purchased at the price of $3,000, and orally agreed with the defendant that he would negotiate the purchase of the same at that price for defendant, the defendant to pay the purchase price and take a conveyance of the land, and that, when defendant should sell the land, the profits (the defendant being allowed interest at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum upon the price paid by him)…
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