Stub v. Grimes
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Lochren, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, the court having refused to receive evidence, and having ordered a dismissal at the trial, for failure of the complaint to state a cause of action.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
This action is prosecuted by seven individual plaintiffs, and by a corporation of which such individuals, excepting one, are members, to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract to convey land. The principal question in the case is as to whether the complaint shows the making of a legal and obligatory contract. The written instrument set forth in the complaint was signed by the defendant and by four of the seven persons (plaintiffs) named in it as parties of the second part. Its provisions, so far as need be here referred to, are as follows: “I herewith submit the following as a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. SanbornSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
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