Swallow v. Strong
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to enforce specific performance of a contract for the sale of standing timber and for general relief. The case was tried before Ensign, J., who made findings of fact and as conclusions of law directed that the action be dismissed as to the defendants other than John Strong, and that plaintiff recover from defendant John Strong $18,500 damages.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to enforce specific performance of a contract for the sale of standing timber and for general relief. The case was tried before Ensign, J., who made findings of fact and as conclusions of law directed that the action be dismissed as to the defendants other than John Strong, and that plaintiff recover from defendant John Strong $18,500 damages. From a judgment entered' pursuant to the findings plaintiffs and defendant John Strong severally appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This action was brought to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of the timber on certain lands in the county of St. Louis. The complaint alleged that the defendants were the owners of the lands, describing them, and that on November 13, 1899, the defendants, other than John Strong, by and in the name of their agent, John Strong, and that he in his own behalf, agreed in writing to sell and convey on December 2, 1899, to the plaintiffs, all the timber on such lands for the sum of $180,000, to be paid, $3,000 at the time of the making of the contract, which sum the…
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