Ladd v. Weiskopf
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $500 paid as earnest money.upon a contract of sale. By the contract defendants agreed to sell certain lands to plaintiff, and it was mutually agreed thereby that if the title was not good and could not be made good within sixty days, the agreement should, at the election of defendants, be terminated and annulled and the sum of $500, paid by plaintiff on the delivery of the contract, should be refunded, but if the…
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $500 paid as earnest money.upon a contract of sale. By the contract defendants agreed to sell certain lands to plaintiff, and it was mutually agreed thereby that if the title was not good and could not be made good within sixty days, the agreement should, at the election of defendants, be terminated and annulled and the sum of $500, paid by plaintiff on the delivery of the contract, should be refunded, but if the title was or could be made good, and plaintiff refused to accept it, the $500 should be forfeited; and-the parties bound…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The question in this case is whether the title tendered by defendants to plaintiff was good. The facts are these:
One Leopold Weiskopf died testate, and seised of certain real estate, including the tracts here involved. The material provisions of his will are as follows: (1) “I give, devise, and bequeath to my devoted wife, Rosa Weiskopf, for and during the remainder of her natural life, all those certain lands and real estate, situate in said county of Hennepin and state of Minnesota, described as follows:” [Here follow descriptions of property, which include all the tracts in question except…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Moore v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Greenwood v. MurraySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
- Chesman v. CummingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- In re the Probate of the Will of MousseauSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Huntsman v. HooperSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
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- Howe v. CoatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
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