Selover, Bates & Co. v. Walsh
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve the construction of a contract made in Minnesota for sale of land situated in Colorado, and the application thereto of a statute of. Minnesota, are stated in the opinion. The lex loci rei sites applies to all matters with reference to the transfer of lands, including contracts for the purchase and salé thereof. The law of the State in which mortgaged property is situated governs the redemption.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve the construction of a contract made in Minnesota for sale of land situated in Colorado, and the application thereto of a statute of. Minnesota, are stated in the opinion. The lex loci rei sites applies to all matters with reference to the transfer of lands, including contracts for the purchase and salé thereof. The law of the State in which mortgaged property is situated governs the redemption. Brine v. Insurance Co., 96 U. S. 627; Dicey, Conflict of Laws, 573; Story, Conflict of Laws, p. 591; Tillotson v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Error to the Supreme Court of Minnesota to review a judgment of that court awarding damages to defendant in error for a breach by plaintiff in error of an executory contract for the salé of land' situated in the State of Colorado.
The contract was made by one Bates- for plaintiff in error at the office pf the látter,in the city of Minneapolis, he being one of its officers, with P. D. Walsh, the husband' of .defendant in'"error: Walsh, however, actually signed the contract at his residence-in South Dakota. He subsequently assigned his interest tp her' as Bates did to plaintiff in error.
Plaintiff…
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