Baker v. Rodgers

Holt, Justice.

Action for breach of the covenants in a deed. Findings for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal from the order denying a new trial.

There is no dispute as to the main facts. Plaintiff James Baker agreed to trade a house and two lots in Washburn, Wisconsin, for a lot in Minneapolis which defendant J. B. Rodgers owned. The agreement was oral and made through a real estate agent. Each party furnished the other with abstract of title a few days before the deeds were exchanged. The court on disputed evidence finds that it was agreed that if upon the examination the title to either…