Ag Services of America, Inc. v. Schroeder

OPINION

MINGE, Judge.

Appellants Mary Schroeder, Rolf A. Schroeder, and Jean L. Schroeder (Schroeders) challenge summary judgment granted to respondent, Ag Services of America, Inc. (Ag Services). Because the district court erred as a matter of law by holding that certain statutory requirements incident to the right of first refusal for agricultural land under Minn.Stat. § 500.245 (2004) are not mandatory, we reverse. Because Ag Services failed to give the 14-day notice of intent to sell required by law, the district court erred in determining that Ag Services entered into a valid and…