Kryger v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NORTH DAKOTA. The case is stated in the opinion. A contract for the sale of real estate must be canceled according to the law of and in the State where it was made, where all the parties to it reside, and where it is to be performed.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NORTH DAKOTA. The case is stated in the opinion. A contract for the sale of real estate must be canceled according to the law of and in the State where it was made, where all the parties to it reside, and where it is to be performed. Finnes v. Selover, 102 Minnesota, 334; Walsh v. Selover, Bates & Co., 109 Minnesota, 136; and the latter case in this court, Selover, Bates & Co. v. Walsh, 226 U. S. 112. The contract in the Walsh Case was by no means as clearly a Minnesota contract as is the contract in the case at bar. The contract involves rights…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
This case comes here on writ of error to the Supreme Court of North Dakota to review a decree quieting title in the defendant in error — the plaintiff below — to land situated in that State. The plaintiff in error, a resident of Minnesota, claimed under an executory contract for the purchase of the land in controversy, and the rights of the parties turned upon whether this contract was outstanding or had been duly cancelled. Both Minnesota, where the contract was made and to be performed, and North Dakota, had statutes providing that a vendor in a contract for the sale of land may not cancel…
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- Selover, Bates & Co. v. WalshSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Cross Lake Shooting and Fishing Club v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Allen v. Alleghany Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
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