Legal Opinion

Crump v. Ingersoll

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 25, 1891PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Action brought in the district court for Eamsey county and tried by Otis, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiffs against the defendants other than Odin G-. Clay, for the sum of $2,700, and denied plaintiffs’ motion that the conclusions of law and order for judgment be amended so as to direct judgment cancelling the contract of agency annexed to the complaint and considered in the opinion. Judgment, was entered accordingly, and the plaintiffs appealed.

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Action brought in the district court for Eamsey county and tried by Otis, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiffs against the defendants other than Odin G-. Clay, for the sum of $2,700, and denied plaintiffs’ motion that the conclusions of law and order for judgment be amended so as to direct judgment cancelling the contract of agency annexed to the complaint and considered in the opinion. Judgment, was entered accordingly, and the plaintiffs appealed. The px-ovi-sions of the contract, and the findings of fact, are stated in the opinion of the court on an appeal by defendants from an order…

1Opinion of the CourtVandeebuegh, J.

This action is brought to set aside the certain contract of agency annexed to the complaint, executed by the parties plaintiff and defendant, and for an accounting and the recovery of certain moneys alleged to have been fraudulently obtained by the defendants of the plaintiffs in effecting the purchase of the land described in the contract. The court found that the defendants were also acting as the agents of the vendors, and that they actually bargained for the land at a price much less than represented to the plaintiffs, and secretly retained the difference for their own use, and thereupon…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Webb v. PaxtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
  2. Meyer v. HanchettWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Crump v. IngersollSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  4. St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Pierstoff v. JorgesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Merriam v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  3. Bruner v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Book v. Justice Min. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1893

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