Hellstrom v. First Guaranty Bank

The plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant damages for a breach of an alleged contract to effect redemption on plaintiff's behalf of his land from a mortgage foreclosure sale. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff moved the court below for a new trial, which was denied. From a judgment of dismissal, the plaintiff has appealed.

From the record it appears that in the month of December, 1919, the plaintiff, F.O. Hellstrom, was the owner of a tract of land comprising some 154 acres, described as the south-west quarter of the northwest quarter, and lot four, in…