Hokanson v. Western Empire Land Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $2,800 for breach of the contract mentioned in the opinion. From an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The action relates to a written contract,- executed by the parties hereto, by the terms of which defendant, as the party of the first part, agreed to sell ten acres of land in the state of Washington, and plaintiff, as party of the second part, agreed to buy the same and pay $5,000 therefor; thirteen hundred dollars of which was paid when the contract was signed, and $740 was to be paid on or before June 27, 1913, and the same amount on the twenty-seventh of each succeeding June until all was paid. The land was planted to fruit trees. The contract is replete with provisions requiring punctual…
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