Standorf v. Shockley
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Stutsman County; Burke, J. Action -by Robert Standorf against Benjamin F. Shockley and Sarah E. Shockley. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. Where the terms of an instrument are uncertain, the intent governs.
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Appeal from District Court, Stutsman County; Burke, J. Action -by Robert Standorf against Benjamin F. Shockley and Sarah E. Shockley. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. Where the terms of an instrument are uncertain, the intent governs. Rosenbaum v. Foss, 63 N. W. 538; 1 Jones on Mortgages, Sec. 60. A wife is not a bona fide purchaser of land from her 'husband, when she knew the terms on which he bought the land, and the conveyance to her was in furtherance of an attempt te> get the property for an inadequate consideration. Williams v. Hamilton et al. 73 N. W. 1029; McMaken v. Niles,…
1Opinion of the CourtFisk, J.
The plaintiff, claiming to have a lien upon the real property described in the complaint, brought this action to foreclose the same; and from a judgment in his favor defendants have appealed to this court for trial de novo.
The facts out of which plaintiff’s cause of action’arises, and which are necessary to a correct understanding of the questions involved, are as follows. On October 31, 1899, one Edgar G. Cady, being the owner of the property in question, entered into a contract to sell *74and convey the same to the plaintiff. On April 23, 1901, the plaintiff assigned his interest in this…
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