Investors' Syndicate v. Letts
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Stark county; Winchester, J. Action by the Investors’ Syndicate against J. S. Letts and others, in which J. F. Beyer intervenes. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
In the year A. D. 1888,, the defendants Letts, being the owners of a quarter section of land in Stark county, North Dakota, gave thereon the $500 mortgage involved in this suit. The indebtedness matured five years later, but has never been paid. In the year 1895, some two years after the said mortgage had matured, one Williams, a pro*453moter, met the Lettses, and together they decided to organize a corporation to develop a lignite coal mine upon the land in question and adjoining lands. A charter was obtained, but such corporation never exercised its powers, principally because none of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Beyer v. WoolpertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Beyer v. RobinsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1916
- Beyer v. Investor's SyndicateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1921
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