Legal Opinion

Chergosky v. Crosstown Bell, Inc.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 30, 1990No. C0-89-2181PublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KEITH, Justice.

This case raises the question whether a person who assumed the obligations of an unrecorded contract for deed at the time he acquired an interest in a piece of real property in Richfield, Minnesota, may assert priority over the unrecorded contract for deed after purchasing a mortgage on the property from a bona fide purchaser who recorded the mortgage before the contract for deed was recorded.

George and Dorothy Chergosky, appellants, brought this suit against Crosstown Bell, Inc. (Crosstown), and Alfred Teien for breach of a contract for deed agreement on the Richfield…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hunt v. IBM Mid America Employees Federal Credit UnionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
  2. Telex Corporation v. Data Products CorporationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  3. Independent School District No. 877 v. Loberg Plumbing & Heating Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
  4. Miller v. HennenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  5. Henschke v. ChristianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949

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3Cited by88 opinions

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  4. Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission v. General Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
  5. Halverson v. Schuster (In Re Schuster)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1991

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