Christensen v. Redman

Knutson, Justice.

Plaintiff Oscar O. Ronken, who will be referred to hereinafter as plaintiff, is an attorney at law and has practiced his profession in Rochester, Minnesota, since 1914. Defendant, during the times involved herein, was engaged largely in the business of buying and selling commercial and mercantile property.

The E. A. Knowlton mercantile business had been conducted in Rochester for many years. About 1919 the building in which the business was conducted burned down. Thereafter, the E. A. Knowlton Realty Company was formed, and this company built a new building on the same lot,…