Bloom v. Lofgren
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Norman county for the dissolution of a partnership between plaintiffs and defendants, and for an accounting.
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Action in the district court for Norman county for the dissolution of a partnership between plaintiffs and defendants, and for an accounting. The case was tried before Ives, J., who found as facts, among other things that the plaintiffs and defendants formed a partnership for the purpose of buying and owning a certain stallion; that defendant Lofgren was intrusted with the purchase; that he had previously bought the horse for $1,200, but that the partners with one exception were ignorant of the fact; that the partnership paid him $1,800 with which to pay for the horse, and that he then…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
From the evidence adduced upon the trial of this action, it was well established that the writing designated as “Exhibit A” never became a contract between defendant Lofgren and the other persons who signed it, for there was nothing tending to show that the former ever accepted its terms and conditions. To the contrary, it appeared that he did not, and that it was wholly superseded by the oral agreement entered into April 15, 1891, after the writing was signed. And even if it had been binding on the signers up to that time, it is clear that its terms and conditions were changed and modified…
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