Wacek v. Frink
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Mary Wacek, from an order of the District Court of Bice County, Buckham, J., made May 2, 1892, refusing a new-trial. This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant Frederick W. Frink, to recover the sum of $746.18 as damages sustained by her by reason of an incorrect abstract of title furnished her by defendant. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Mary Wacek, from an order of the District Court of Bice County, Buckham, J., made May 2, 1892, refusing a new-trial. This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant Frederick W. Frink, to recover the sum of $746.18 as damages sustained by her by reason of an incorrect abstract of title furnished her by defendant. The facts are stated in the opinion. The court submitted the case to the jury on the question of defendant’s negligence, and the jury found a verdict in favor of the defendant. From an order denying her motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals. It…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The plaintiff employed the defendant, who was engaged in that business, to prepare and furnish her an abstract of title, as the same appeared of record, of eighty acres of land. In pursuance of this contract, defendant furnished plaintiff what he certified to be a true and correct abstract of the title of the land “as the same appears on the original records of the register’s office, which has been carefully reviewed and compared to date.” This abstract, which purported to be a short summary or index of all the instruments of record affecting the title, giving the names of the parties, the…
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