Howard v. Farr
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by tbe administrator of tbe estate of Cordelia Ingalls, deceased, against defendant Earr and Jennie Grant, in tbe district court for Cbisago county to recover $7,000, for money and property ■belonging to tbe estate of said decedent wbicb tbe deceased bad deeded to defendants.
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Action by tbe administrator of tbe estate of Cordelia Ingalls, deceased, against defendant Earr and Jennie Grant, in tbe district court for Cbisago county to recover $7,000, for money and property ■belonging to tbe estate of said decedent wbicb tbe deceased bad deeded to defendants. At tbe beginning of tbe trial defendants’ motion •that tbe court direct plaintiff to elect whether be intended to prosecute tbe case as an action for damages for fraud and deceit, or as an action for an accounting for tbe proceeds of tbe sale of land, or as an action for tbe recovery of consideration for land…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This action was brought in October, 1908, by plaintiff, as special ■administrator of tbe estate of Cordelia Ingalls, deceased, to recover tbe value of two hundred acres of land in Chisago county, deeded May 12, 1899, by Cordelia Ingalls to defendant Chandler Earr and Henry Earr, since deceased. Tbe complaint charged that Cordelia In-galls was of unsound mind when she made tbe deed, that the-deed was without consideration, and was procured from her by tbe fraud *88and undue influence of defendants. The answer admitted the conveyance, but claimed it ivas for a valuable consideration, denied the…
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