Seager v. Burns
Supreme Court of Minnesota
WRIT OE ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OE RAMSEY COUNTY. It appears from tbe complaint that the Defendants Hoyt and Burns had agreed verbally, with one Thorp, to deed him a certain parcel of land, upon his improving the same to amount of $500. That Thorp was let into possession and commenced his improvements, but before they were completed, the Plaintiff, a married woman, purchased Thorp’s interest in the lands, with the improvements, having obtained the promise of Hoyt and…
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WRIT OE ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OE RAMSEY COUNTY. It appears from tbe complaint that the Defendants Hoyt and Burns had agreed verbally, with one Thorp, to deed him a certain parcel of land, upon his improving the same to amount of $500. That Thorp was let into possession and commenced his improvements, but before they were completed, the Plaintiff, a married woman, purchased Thorp’s interest in the lands, with the improvements, having obtained the promise of Hoyt and Burns that upon their completion by her they would deed the lot to her. That she went into possession, and completed the…
1Opinion of the CourtEmmett, C. J.
By the Court. As the Judge of the District Court did not file an opinion in this case, we. are ignorant of the reasons which governed him in his decision, and upon a careful consideration of the several grounds of demurrer set forth, we have not been led to the same conclusions to which he arrived.
The statute enumerates six objections to a complaint which may be reached by a demurrer. The grounds upon which either of these objections is made, must be distinctly specified, or it may be disregarded, and it seems to follow that any objection, other than those enumerated, would not be good on…
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