Haarala v. Mickelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Otter Tail county to recover $2,385, the unpaid purchase price of certain land, to obtain a vendor’s, lien thereon for that amount and to foreclose the lien.
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Action in the district court for Otter Tail county to recover $2,385, the unpaid purchase price of certain land, to obtain a vendor’s, lien thereon for that amount and to foreclose the lien. The answer alleged that the consideration named in the deed was not intended to be and was not the consideration agreed upon between plaintiff and defendant Selma; that the same was inserted as an arbitrary sum at the suggestion of plaintiff, for the purpose of showing the conveyance was made for a valuable consideration and for no other purpose; that the real consideration was in part the love and…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Lisa S. Kivijarvi deeded 80 acres of land in Otter Tail county to her daughter, the defendant, Selma Mickelson, on the 21st day of September, 1910. This action was brought by the mother for a vendor’s lien and the foreclosure thereof against the land conveyed for the alleged purchase price of $2,385. Findings were made for plaintiff, but before judgment she died, and by stipulation the administrator of her estate was substituted as plaintiff, and judgment entered, from which this appeal is taken.
The assignments of error center upon the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the findings to…
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