Reynolds v. Munch
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover from defendants, as executors of the will of Adolph Munch, deceased, the sum of $800 and interest as damages for alleged fraudulent representations of his title made by deceased upon an exchange of real estate between deceased and plaintiff. The case was tried before Brill, ]., who directed a verdict for defendants, upon the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover from defendants, as executors of the will of Adolph Munch, deceased, the sum of $800 and interest as damages for alleged fraudulent representations of his title made by deceased upon an exchange of real estate between deceased and plaintiff. The case was tried before Brill, ]., who directed a verdict for defendants, upon the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
At the tax sale held in Pine county on May 8, 1899, among other lands, appellant purchased the one hundred sixty acres concerned in this action. As a compromise and in settlement of their conflicting interests, appellant and Adolph Munch entered into a contract by which appellant assigned his tax certificate to one eighty-acre tract, and Munch, by quitclaim, deeded to appellant the other eighty acres. It afterwards having been ascertained by appellant that Munch was not the owner of the eighty acres deeded by him, and that he had no interest therein, after his death this action was brought…
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- Duluth Banking Co. v. KoonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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