Carlsen v. Hay
Supreme Court of Colorado
Action for specific performance of an alleged contract for sale of real estate. Judgment in damages for plaintiff. Error to the District Court of Larimer County, Hon. George H. Bradfield, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This action was by the defendants in error to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of real estate.
The defendants in error, plaintiffs below, lived in Larimer County, Colorado, and the plaintiff in error resided at Loup City, Nebraska. The land had been listed for sale by the defendant with Carl Anderson, a real estate agent at Fort Collins, Colorado.
The contract relied upon grew out of certain letters and telegrams exchanged between Anderson and defendant Carlsen. These were as follows:
“Fort Collins, Colo.
June 21, 1918.
C. C. Carlsen,
Loup City, Neb.
Have offer of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- W. T. Craft Realty Co. v. LivernashColorado Court of Appeals · 1914
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