Hobart v. Kehoe
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to enforce the specific performance of an option contract to convey certain real property. From an order, Dickinson, J., sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The plaintiff and the defendant, John B. Kehoe, trustee, on August 14, 1906, at Portland, Maine, entered into a contract in writing, the subject-matter of which was the land, described in the complaint herein, situated in the county of Hennepin, in this state. The defendant by the contract, in consideration of $100, granted to the plaintiff an option for sixty days to purchase for $3,500 all the right, title, and interest which the defendant had, as trustee for the benefit of James S. Ames, under the will of Charlotte K. Shaw, in the land described in the complaint, “provided license is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bryant v. LivermoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
- Root v. ChildsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Briggs v. RutherfordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Metropolitan National Bank v. Gold Stabeck Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
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