Judd v. Skidmore
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiffs, as assignees of defendant Claus M. Dittman, brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, for the specific enforcement of the contract set forth in the opinion. The action was tried by Simons, J., who ordered judgment for defendants. A new trial was refused, and the plaintiffs appealed. The certificate of acknowledgment, referred to in the opinion, is as follows: “State of Minnesota, County of Hamsey — ss.
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Plaintiffs, as assignees of defendant Claus M. Dittman, brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, for the specific enforcement of the contract set forth in the opinion. The action was tried by Simons, J., who ordered judgment for defendants. A new trial was refused, and the plaintiffs appealed. The certificate of acknowledgment, referred to in the opinion, is as follows: “State of Minnesota, County of Hamsey — ss. “On this thirteenth day of January, A. D. 1882, before me, a notary public in and for said county, personally appeared” (naming the grantors) “to me personally…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
“Saint Paul, Minn., May 4, 1883.
“Received this day, of Claus M. Dittman, four hundred dollars, ($400,) part-payment of lot nine, and the northerly fifty feet of lot twelve, in block four, Saint Paul proper, which I have this day sold to him for $9,500, on the following terms: One half of said amount cash, on the delivery of a good and sufficient warranty deed, and an abstract showing a clear title to the same; the balance in year, secured by a mortgage back on the premises, bearing eight per cent, per year. This contract to be void if the settlement of this purchase is not had within twenty…
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