Stacey v. Taylor

Hilton, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying defendants’ motion for a new trial in an action to recover upon a contract for the sale and conveyance to defendants of certain real estate located in the city of Minneapolis.

Russell L. Hawes, a resident of Worcester, Massachusetts, died in 1867, possessed, among other property, of a certain tract of real estate situate in what is now the city of Minneapolis. In ancillary proceedings his will was administered in probate court in Hennepin county. The decree of distribution decreed the property to “Stowe F. Hawes and Manson D.…