Legal Opinion
Charles v. Hill
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 25, 1977No. 46895PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YETKA, Justice.
Plaintiff, Harold A. Charles, commenced this action for specific performance of an agreement giving him an option to purchase 320 acres of farmland in Stevens County. The trial court found no consideration for the agreement and dismissed plaintiff’s cause of action on the merits. We reverse.
The farmland at issue in this case was owned by Ernest H. Charles (decedent), the father of Erland Charles, plaintiff Harold Charles, and defendant Ernestine Hill. Harold, the youngest of the siblings and the only one living at home by the time he graduated from high school in 1950, worked…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cederstrand v. Lutheran BrotherhoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- In Re Estate of PaulsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- Nybladh v. Peoples State Bank of WarrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- Schultz v. BrennanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
- Thayer v. KnightSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
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