Kremer v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $6,629.51. Defendants’ demurrers to the complaint were overruled, Steele, J., and defendants answered.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $6,629.51. Defendants’ demurrers to the complaint were overruled, Steele, J., and defendants answered. The case was tried before Leary, J., who at the close of the testimony denied separate motions of defendants for directed verdicts, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $8,623.13. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
1. In March, 1909, defendant Lewis owned a block of land bordering on Cedar lake in Minneapolis. It was valuable chiefly as urban residence property, but it was some distance from any street car line and it had no sewer connection. Defendant Finance Company was the authorized sales agent of defendant Lewis. Defendant Newhall was the president and in active management of the Finance Company. Newhall, so acting, negotiated a sale of the block to plaintiff, as trustee, for $28,500. The sum of $5,700 was paid down. The balance was to be paid in instalments. Plaintiff had some arrangements with…
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