Wakefield v. Chowen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action against defendants, as partners, engaged in the business of furnishing abstracts of title to real estate, for alleged breach of a contract to furnish plaintiff with a correct abstract of title to certain land in Minneapolis. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained by the district court for Hennepin county, Young, J., presiding, and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
Upon the allegations of the complaint, the defendants, by the contract of employment between them and plaintiff, undertook to make and furnish a correct abstract of title to the lands in question, from October 1, 1872, to November 24,1877, as the same appeared of record in Hennepin county. The fair and reasonable import of- the undertaking was to obligate them to make a full and true search and examination of the records relating to the title during that period, and to note upou the abstract every transfer, conveyance and other matter, in any way affecting the title, actually made and entered…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Wacek v. FrinkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Douglas v. Title Trust Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
- Corcoran v. Abstract & Title Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
- Corcoran v. Abstract & Title Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1958