Stone v. Harmon
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Koon, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $1,613.75, for plaintiff.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Koon, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $1,613.75, for plaintiff. The complaint alleged the making of the offer set forth in the opinion, a concurrent agreement that plaintiff might accept it at any time within a year, and an acceptance as stated in the opinion, and performance by plaintiff of all conditions precedent, as well as expenditures made by him for repairs and improvements on the faith of the offer, and believing the defendant’s representation that he was the owner. The complaint further…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The plaintiff, in March, 1881, was occupying the premises in controversy, being a house and lot in Minneapolis, under a lease from the defendant, which would expire May 1st, following. Defendant was then in failing health and desirous of disposing of the property. Plaintiff was in business in the city, and at that, time desired and applied for a renewal of the lease for another year whereupon certain negotiations passed between the parties in reference to a sale of the premises, which defendant then desired and offered to make to plaintiff, which negotiations appear finally to have.,…
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