Woodman v. Blue Grass Band Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county for $15,000. At the first trial a motion to dismiss as to all defendants save the Blue Grass Band Company was granted, and a verdict iri favor of that company was directed. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed to this court and the order was reversed (98 Minn. 87). The second trial was before Brooks, J., who directed the jury to return a verdict for defendant.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county for $15,000. At the first trial a motion to dismiss as to all defendants save the Blue Grass Band Company was granted, and a verdict iri favor of that company was directed. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed to this court and the order was reversed (98 Minn. 87). The second trial was before Brooks, J., who directed the jury to return a verdict for defendant. From an order denying a motion for a new trial plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
Plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract for the sale "by defendant to plaintiff of nine thousand acres of land in Wisconsin. Plaintiff paid down $1,000 as earnest money. Defendant furnished an abstract of title. Plaintiff raised a number of objections to the title, *506part of which appeared in the record, and part of which concerned matters which did not appear in the record. Plaintiff repudiated the contract before the expiration of the time within which it might have been performed. Thereupon he began an action in Wisconsin to recover the earnest money. In Woodman v. Blue Grass…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Woodman v. Blue Grass Land Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
- Woodman v. Blue Grass Land Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906