Legal Opinion
Davis v. Godart
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 17, 1920No. 21,965PublishedCited by 2 opinions
After the second appeal reported in 141 Minn. 203, 169 N. W. 711, the case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $8,921. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Tayloe, C.
This is the third appeal in this case. Plaintiff entered into a contract with defendants for the purchase of a section of land in the province of Saskatchewan in the Dominion of Canada and made the initial payment of $6,200. The remaining payments were to be made in annual instalments. The contract, which was dated on October 4, 1912, but was not executed by plaintiff until October 24 or later, contained this provision:
“It is hereby agreed by the Godart Land Company that if purchaser * * * desires to relinquish the land at the end of one year from date of this contract, the amount…
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