Gamble v. Garlock
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tb'e district court for Hennepin county to enforce specific performance of an option contract for the purchase of certain land, and to ascertain the amount to be credited to plaintiff upon the purchase price because of the destruction of the buildings thereon. From an order, Booth, L, overruling defendant’s demurrer to the complaint, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
On March 23, 1911, defendant leased to the plaintiff for the period of eight months her house and lot at Minnetonka, in consideration of the sum of $450, to be paid on or before April 1, 1911. The lease contained the usual covenants, and was signed and sealed by both parties. On the same day, by a separate instrument, the defendant executed and delivered to the plaintiff a writing whereby defendant granted the plaintiff the option for ninety days from April 1, 1911, to purchase the premises described in the lease for the sum of $6,000, less the $450 paid for rent. The instrument contained a…
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