Wheeler v. McKeon
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Pipestone county by the administra^ tor of the estate of Catharine Grover, deceased, to cancel a land contract.
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Action in the district court for Pipestone county by the administra^ tor of the estate of Catharine Grover, deceased, to cancel a land contract. The case was tried before Nelson, J., and a jury which returned a negative answer to the question: “At the time of making the contract, plaintiff’s Exhibit H, was Catharine Grover mentally competent to make the same and of understanding the same?” and stated $24,960 to be the fair market value of the land described in the Exhibit, and $800 to be the reasonable value of the improvements made by defendants on the lands described. The trial judge made…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Action to set aside a contract for the sale of land upon the ground of the mental incompetency of the vendor. The issue of mental incompetency was submitted to the jury which found the vendor incompetent. There were findings for the plaintiff in accordance with the finding of the jury. In the complaint it was alleged that the contract was too indefinite for enforcement. The defendants claimed that the agreement for the sale was'definite and certain, and that, if there was any indefiniteness in the written contract, it was because it by mistake failed to state the actual agreement…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Lamb v. LambIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- In re Higgins' EstateMontana Supreme Court · 1895
- Chadwick v. CornishSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
- In re the Probate of the Will of PinneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Pickett v. PickettSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
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- Crane v. VeleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
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