Tran v. Estate of Ditzler

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

This is an appeal of an order dissolving the appellant’s notice of lis pendens. The district court concluded the parties’ purchase agreement was terminated under Minnesota Statutes section 559.21. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant Van Thuy Tran and representatives of the estate of Ralph Ditzler signed a purchase agreement in October 1985 by which Tran agreed to pay $3,157,000 for sixty-eight condominium units. Tran was obligated to close on specified units by certain dates and make periodic payments. Although Tran claims the purchase agreement also included a vacant lot…