Zimmerman v. Campbell

PEDERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying specific performance of a contract to convey land. The case was tried to the district court of Cass County without a jury and, applying Rule 52(a), N.D.R.Civ.P., we affirm the judgment.

May Campbell signed a listing agreement with a real estate broker (Lein) at the urg ing of an insurance agent (Nelson). Later, at the urging of Lein and Nelson, she reluctantly signed an agreement to sell her farm to Stanley Zimmerman. Within a matter of hours, she disclosed her intent to not sell. New offers were made by Zimmerman through Lein and…