Nelson Real Estate Agency v. Seeman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Sibley county for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land or for the cancelation thereof.
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Action in the district court for Sibley county for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land or for the cancelation thereof. The case was tried before Tifft, J., who made findings and as conclusions of law found that upon filing with the clerk of court a receipt from the administrator showing that plaintiffs had paid to him $743.31 and an affidavit of one of the plaintiffs, their agent or attorney, showing that such notice to terminate the contract as is prescribed by section 8081, Q-. S. 1913, had been served and not complied with within the time therein provided, or upon so…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The facts in the case are not in dispute. It appears that on July 3, 1917, plaintiffs and decedent, Fred Richter, entered into an executory contract for the sale of certain land owned by plaintiffs, situated in the state of Montana. The contract was in the usual form of such instruments, provided for a down payment on the purchase price of $1,000 which was made, and the payment of the balance at stated times In the future, upon the completion of which plaintiffs were to execute to decedent a conveyance of the land. On September 20, 1917, decedent, being subject to the military service under…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnston v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- McManus v. BlackmarrSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Grant v. MunchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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