Hubachek v. Maxbass Security Bank
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,000 which defendant bad converted to its own use. Tbe answer was a general denial.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,000 which defendant bad converted to its own use. Tbe answer was a general denial. The case was tried before Holt, J., who made findings and as conclusions of law found that the contract in question was void at the expiration of six months from and after July 25, 1910; that there was sufficient uncertainty as to the validity of the proceedings taken to divest the minors of their interest in a certain quarter section of land, that a court of equity should not in any event compel plaintiff to accept title to the land; that the three…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The facts of this case, so far as pertinent to the controlling question, are as follows:
In June, 1910, plaintiff entered into a contract with Charles E. Fees and Elizabeth Fees, his wife, for the purchase of certain lands owned by the Fees in the state of North Dakota. The contract was executory, and required a conveyance of the land, three quarter sections, free and clear of all incumbrances, upon the payment by plaintiff of the purchase price, $35 per acre. At the time the contract was prepared and executed plaintiff paid $1,000 upon the purchase piice, depositing the same with defendant in…
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