Buswell v. O. W. Kerr Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,-934.40 paid by plaintiffs to defendant upon a contract to sell certain land to plaintiffs. The contract is given in tlie opinion.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,-934.40 paid by plaintiffs to defendant upon a contract to sell certain land to plaintiffs. The contract is given in tlie opinion. The complaint, inter alia, alleged that defendant was a foreign corporation in Wisconsin and had not procured the statutory license to do business in that state; that under the decisions of the supreme court of that state the making of such contract constituted transacting business, and such contract made before compliance with the Wisconsin statutes is nonenforceable by such corporations but…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Eespondents brought this action to recover the amount of the first payment made under a contract for the purchase of certain real estate, upon the ground that appellant had failed to furnish an abstract showing good title in appellant. The land was situated in the state of Texas. Eespondents were residents of the state of Wisconsin, and appellant was a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, doing business in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The contract was executed in Wisconsin on March 30, 1908, and is as follows:
“Contract for Sale of Eeal Estate.
“Kendall, Wis.,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Howe v. CoatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- George v. ConhaimSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Gregory v. ChristianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Steiner v. ZwickeySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Duluth Loan & Land Co. v. KlovdahlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Paynesville Land Co. v. GrabowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Campbell v. DohertyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1949
- Johnson v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- Kennedy v. DennstadtNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
- McVeety v. Harvey Mercantile Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
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