Pillsbury v. Morris
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Mary C. Morris, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, Frederick Hooker, J.,' entered March 9, 1893. Franklin Steele owned a lot one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet front on Washington Street by one hundred and sixty-two (162) feet deep, situated on the southeast corner formed by the intersection of that street and Second Avenue North, in Minneapolis.
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Appeal by defendant, Mary C. Morris, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, Frederick Hooker, J.,' entered March 9, 1893. Franklin Steele owned a lot one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet front on Washington Street by one hundred and sixty-two (162) feet deep, situated on the southeast corner formed by the intersection of that street and Second Avenue North, in Minneapolis. On October 13, 1876, he made a contract under seal with Sanford S. Small to lease to him for one hundred years the southerly eighty-eight (88) feet front on the street, and Small covenanted to erect a…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
On the 13th day of October, 1876, Franklin Steele was the owner of the premises described in the complaint, and, in contemplation of a lease thereof to one Sanford S. Small, of the same date, entered into an agreement of that date with the latter in and by which, in consideration of the lease to be so executed by the parties, and in consideration of the covenants agreed to be kept and performed by Steele in such agreement, Small agreed to commence at once the construction of a business block oni the premises, which are particularly described in the agreement, and complete the same within a…
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