St. Paul & Duluth Railroad v. Blackmar
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Blackmar, trustee- under the instrument considered in the opinion, from an order of the district court for Carlton county, Stearns, J., presiding, denying his motion to set aside a judgment by default, and for leave to serve a proposed answer.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The defendant Blackmar appeals to this court from an order of the district court, denying his motion to set aside a judgment taken by plaintiff against him by default, and for leave to answer. A consideration of the answer and of the complaint is necessary. It appears from the complaint that, March 27, 1883, the plaintiff executed to one Bliss a contract to convey some 20,000 acres of land, the value of which consisted mainly in the timber standing upon it. The money consideration for the agreement to convey was stated at $153,147.63, payable at different dates, according to 20 promissory…
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