Streeter v. Janu
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Jackson county against defendant, as undisclosed principal, to recover $1,140 and interest upon a written contract for the purchase of land. The case was tried before Quinn, J., who directed a verdict in favor of defendant upon the close of plaintiff’s testimony. From an order denying a motion for a new trial plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
In this action the plaintiff corporation is attempting, as vendor, to enforce payment of an amount due in accordance with the terms of a written executory contract for the purchase and conveyance of real estate. The defendant was not named in the contract, nor did he execute it. The claim is that defendant is an undisclosed principal and the real vendee, and that the person named in the instrument as vendee was simply acting as defendant’s agent when he made the purchase and executed the contract. It stands admitted that'plaintiff had no knowledge that this defendant was the principal until…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Noyes v. French Lumbering Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Ristvedt v. WattersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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