Lindley v. Crombie
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by vendor against purchaser in the district court for Ramsey county, for specific performance. Defence, insufficiency of title. The title shown by the vendor, and which the purchaser refused to accept, was derived through a conveyance from Taylor, made January 16, 1883, after the deed to Baldwin mentioned in the opinion, and after the expiration of the time for redenrption from the execution sale at which Taylor had purchased.
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Action by vendor against purchaser in the district court for Ramsey county, for specific performance. Defence, insufficiency of title. The title shown by the vendor, and which the purchaser refused to accept, was derived through a conveyance from Taylor, made January 16, 1883, after the deed to Baldwin mentioned in the opinion, and after the expiration of the time for redenrption from the execution sale at which Taylor had purchased. The action was submitted to Wilkin, J., on agreed statement of facts, and judgment was ordered and entered for plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals. cited…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Taylor, in 1876, caused real estate to be sold on ■execution in his favor, and became the purchaser. Before the time for redemption expired, he executed a deed to Baldwin, whereby he ■did “grant, bargain, sell, release, and quitclaim” to him “all right, ■title, interest, claim, or demand in or to” the real estate. There was •no redemption, and the question is, in whom, in Taylor or in Bald•win, did the title vest at the end of the time for redemption? The ■statute provides (Gen. St. 1878, c. 66, § 322) that, at the end of the dime for redemption, the certificate of sale shall operate as a…
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