Legal Opinion
Massee v. Gibbs
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 5, 1926No. 25,596PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Action for damages for the breach by the vendor of a supposed contract to convey land. After a trial without a jury and a decision for plaintiff assessing his damages at $5,000, defendant appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The contract, if any, is to be found in the correspondence between the parties. Plaintiff lives at East Grand Forks, Minnesota, and defendant at Princeton, Illinois. The correspondence began in January, 1924, and ended in August. By June 19th the terms were pretty well agreed upon, and plaintiff wrote saying that he saw “no reason why contract could…
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