Riggs v. Thorpe
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of tbe district court for Hennepin county, Smith, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $499.68. The fifth request of defendant to charge was as follows: Fifth.
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Appeal by defendants from an order of tbe district court for Hennepin county, Smith, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $499.68. The fifth request of defendant to charge was as follows: Fifth. That in the absence of confidential relations, if the subject of the negotiation was one in respect to which the defendants- and the agent of the plaintiff had equal opportunities for investigation, and for knowledge of existing facts, the agent was bound to observe for himself the value, and the condition of the lots as to improvement, and could not…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action for rescission of a contract, plaintiff alleging in her complaint that she was induced to purchase from defendants, mortgage note brokers, and, in connection with another person, fire insurance agents, a promissory note and a real-estate mortgage securing the same, relying upon false and fraudulent statements and representations made by them, that there was a dwelling house upon the mortgaged premises, city lots, then occupied by the mortgagors, of a value exceeding the amount of the note, when, in fact, there was no house upon the premises, and never had been. The appeal is from an…
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