Kessler v. Kruidenier

Olsen, C.

Appeals by defendant from an order denying his alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial and from the judgment thereafter entered.

Plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract to exchange certain properties. Plaintiff agreed to convey to defendant a large apartment building and lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, subject to certain encumbrances. Defendant, in exchange therefor, agreed to convey to plaintiff a smaller apartment building and lot in the same city and a farm of 115 acres in Iowa, subject to certain encumbrances on each thereof. The…