Simpson v. Atkinson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Eamsey . county, Simons, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, the action having been tried by I. Y. D. Heard, Esq., as referee, and judgment ordered ,for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action to compel the specific performance of a con- - tract to convey real estate. The trial was to a referee, who, upon his findings of fact, ordered judgment for defendant. In his conclu- , sions of law the referee was right, and the order refusing a new trial must be affirmed.
Passing any consideration of several points made by the respond- . ent, we are of the opinion that the plaintiff on more than one occasion waived and abandoned his right to have the contract enforced and its performance decreed. It was made in February, 1884. Soon . after defendant furnished for examination the…
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