Legal Opinion
Burke v. Fine
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 15, 1952No. 35,504PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.
This was a suit commenced in August 1945 for the specific performance of an alleged oral contract to convey a vacant lot to plaintiff. Plaintiff joined as defendants the four co-owners of the lot and certain state officials. Before trial, the court dismissed the action as against the state officials.
The oral contract was allegedly entered into about April 3, 1943, during a conversation between plaintiff, an attorney, and Jacob Fine, who owned the lot with his three brothers, the defendants Adolph S. Fine, Benjamin Fine, and Max Fine, as tenants in common. After the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shaughnessy v. EidsmoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- Brown v. HoagSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Ehmke v. HillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- Slingerland v. SlingerlandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Mason v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. ShinnickDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1986
- Robert M. Larsen v. Einar C. EricksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Johnson v. QuaalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- In Re Guardianship of HuesmanCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
- Bohnhoff v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2012
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