Buckley v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the district court for Bam-sey county, where the action was tried by Brill, J. Besides a prayer for specific performance, the complaint asked “that in ease for any reason a conveyance cannot be made, the plaintiff have such indemnity by way of damages as the nature of the case may require, with' such other and further relief,” etc.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Judgment for costs and disbursements in favor of defendants having been entered in an action to compel the specific performance of a contract to convey land, plaintiff appeals. The correctness of the findings of fact upon which said judgment is based is not questioned, and from said findings it appears that on December 23, 1886, the defendants, active business men of the city of St. Paul, were the owners of two lots therein, then worth $2,500 each, and which were steadily increasing in value. On said day Bushnell & Bushnell were engaged in the real-estate business as brokers and agents, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Thompson v. MyrickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
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- Williams v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
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