Bell v. Baker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiffs brought this action in the district court for Otter Tail county, to recover $240 rent reserved in a written lease, and $100 damages for breach of defendant’s covenant to keep in repair. In his answer the defendant pleaded a counterclaim for $200 damages for alleged fraudulent representations made by plaintiffs at the time of the execution of the lease.
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Plaintiffs brought this action in the district court for Otter Tail county, to recover $240 rent reserved in a written lease, and $100 damages for breach of defendant’s covenant to keep in repair. In his answer the defendant pleaded a counterclaim for $200 damages for alleged fraudulent representations made by plaintiffs at the time of the execution of the lease. At the trial before Sectrle, J., the jury were instructed to find for plaintiffs for the full amount claimed as rent, and also such damages as they should think plaintiffs entitled to. The defendant appeals from an order refusing a…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The plaintiffs rented to the defendant certain premises for the term of three years, commencing on the 1st day of April, 1885, at a stipulated monthly rental. The defendant occupied under the lease until July, 1887. In this action the plaintiffs seek to recover the rental for the time subsequent to that date. On the trial the defendant offered to prove that he was induced to enter into the contract by false and fraudulent representations of the lessors as to the condition of the premises as to warmth, and the purity of the water; which fraudulent representations the defendant.had set forth in…
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