Thomas v. Joslin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Shaw, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, the action haying been dismissed at the close of plaintiff’s evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
This action is brought to enforce specific performance of an agreement to sell and convey certain land, alleged to have been executed by Whitney, as agent of defendant, by whom the land was owned.
1. As to the fact of agency, we are of opinion that the letters introduced upon the trial, and which comjiose all the evidence in the premises, constitute Whitney defendant’s agent to sell fhe'land for $2,500 cash, subject to Miller’s lease, and for a compensation of $50. • They do not purport-to be a contract directly with the plaintiff, the alleged vendee, to sell to him, but an authority to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dickerman v. AshtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
3Cited by6 opinions
- Colvin v. BlanchardTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Thomas v. JoslinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Daugherty v. LeewrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- St. Paul Land Co. v. DaytonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Atherton v. BarberSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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