Adan v. Steinbrecher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover' $30,-000 for fraudulent representations in the purchase of real property. The answer alleged that in consideration of the sum of $35,000 defendant conveyed real estate and certain personal property to-plaintiff, for which he paid $20,000 in cash and made a mortgage-for $15,000 for the balance.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover' $30,-000 for fraudulent representations in the purchase of real property. The answer alleged that in consideration of the sum of $35,000 defendant conveyed real estate and certain personal property to-plaintiff, for which he paid $20,000 in cash and made a mortgage-for $15,000 for the balance. The case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., who, at the close of the evidence, denied defendant’s, motion for an instructed verdict in her favor, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $14,100. Erom an order denying…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Defendant was the owner of certain property situated on the-shores of Bass Lake, near St. Paul, known as the Oakland Inn. It was equipped as a summer hotel, . or country “roadhouse,” and seems to have been patronized largely by people of questionable-*175repute. The entire property, land, buildings, stock, and furniture,, was of the probable value of about $17,000. The business was conducted by defendant, through a manager, one Mayer, who appears from the evidence to have been a person of intelligence and of some force of character, in the presence, at least, of inferiors- and subordinates.
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