Haaven v. Hoaas
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal from a judgment of the district court for Polk county, entered in favor of plaintiff, pursuant to findings of Ives, J.
1Opinion of the Court
START, C. J..The short facts in this case are that at a public sale of state school lands held in the county of Polk on May 10, 1888, the land in controversy in this action was sold to a third party, Ole Lee. Thereupon the plaintiff represented to such purchaser that he wanted to purchase the land for his sister, the defendant, who was a poor widow with four children, and requested him to permit her name to be substituted for his as such purchaser, to which he assented, and it was done. The plaintiff made the payment of 15 per cent, of the purchase price, and interest in advance on the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wilder v. HaugheySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
- Converse v. Burrows & PrettymanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1858
- Conklin v. HindsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
- Newell v. CochranSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Johnson v. KrassinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Anderson v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. LundSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Scofield v. ScheafferSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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