Legal Opinion

Bisbee v. Torinus

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided September 12, 1879PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the district court for Washington county, entered upon the report of a referee.

1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.

This is an action upon a promissory note for :'$>3,452.08, executed to plaintiff by defendants. So far as important for the purposes of this opinion, the facts out of which the note arose are as follows:

On October 2, 1871, Butler Comstock represented to defendants that he and plaintiff were owners of certain large tracts of pine lands in Wisconsin. Defendants relying upon this representation, a written contract was, on that day, entered into by and between them of the second part, and plaintiff of the first part, whereby the latter, for a considera*166tion mentioned, granted, to the former the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Herman v. GrayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
  2. In Re Estate of HoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  3. Torinus v. BuckhamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
  4. McMillan v. GardnerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1912
  5. Lipsmeier v. VehslageU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1886

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