Hansen v. Miller

This was a suit in assumpsit, brought by Charles J. Miller against Waldemar T. Hansen, to recover back the purchase money paid by the plaintiff upon a contract for the sale and conveyance to him of certain land, with interest. On the 31st day of October, 1883, the firm of Fredericksen, Hansen & Drummond, of which the defendant was a partner, entered into a contract in writing with the plaintiff, by which they agreed to sell and convey to him a certain eighty-acre tract of land in Martin county, Minnesota, for $560, payable in seven equal payments, the first to be paid at the date of the…