Berndt v. Berndt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Watonwan county. The case was tried before Pfau, J., wbo made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Erom an order denying bis motion for amended findings of fact and conclusions of law or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Hallam:, J.
Plaintiff and defendant are father and son. Plaintiff, the father, owned a 200-acre farm in Watonwan county. One year he rented it to the defendant, his son. They did not agree, and the next year a mutual friend, Charles Duryea, interceded, rented the land of the father and sublet it to the son. This arrangement was followed for two seasons. Toward the end of the second season, and in September, 1911, the father announced to Duryea that he was going to sell the farm. Duryea urged him to give his son the first chance to buy. The father remonstrated at first, stating that the son…
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