Clark v. Thorpe Bros.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $100 paid as earnest money on an executory contract for the purchase and sale of certain real estate. The case was tried before Montgomery, J., who made findings and as conclusion of law ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum demanded. From an order denying its motion to amend the conclusions of law and for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This action was brought in the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis to recover $100 paid by the plaintiff to the defendant, a corporation, as earnest money on an executory contract for the purchase and sale of certain real estate. The alleged ground for recovery was that he was induced to enter into the contract by the fraud of the defendant.
The here material allegations of the complaint are to the effect that the defendant, with the intent to induce the plaintiff to enter into the contract, fraudulently and falsely represented to the plaintiff that the taxes on the real estate, which…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Stearns v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Porter v. FletcherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
- Lesher v. GetmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Hewitt v. BlumenkranzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Riggs v. ThorpeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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