Swanson v. Andrus
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $18,198 and interest, for breach of contract. The case was tried before McGee, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From an order granting a motion for a new trial unless plaintiff should consent to a reduction of the verdict, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an action to recover money expended in preparing to perform an alleged building contract between the parties hereto; *506also the profits the plaintiff might have made if the defendant had permitted him to perform the contract.
The defendant was the owner of a building'in the city of Minneapolis, herein referred to as the “Andrus Building,” and in October, 1898, he decided to rebuild it, making it eight stories high. The matter of adding a ninth story had been considered, but he had not then concluded tó. do so. His plans called'for the making of the six floors of the building above the…
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- Nesbitt v. St. Paul Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Furnell v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1873
- Varco v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
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