Glass v. Freeburg
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, Charles K. Fulton, D. L. Libbey, and others, lien claimants, from the judgment of the District Court of Hen-nepin County, Pond, J., in the above-entitled action entered October 26, 1891. ' ■ The defendant Olaf A. Freeburg was on May 17, 1890, the owner of a lot in Highland Park Addition in the city of Minneapolis, and ■on that day entered into an oral contract with Neis A. Freeburg to build thereon for him a block of brick flats and other improvements.
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Appeal by defendants, Charles K. Fulton, D. L. Libbey, and others, lien claimants, from the judgment of the District Court of Hen-nepin County, Pond, J., in the above-entitled action entered October 26, 1891. ' ■ The defendant Olaf A. Freeburg was on May 17, 1890, the owner of a lot in Highland Park Addition in the city of Minneapolis, and ■on that day entered into an oral contract with Neis A. Freeburg to build thereon for him a block of brick flats and other improvements. The plaintiffs, James E. Glass and Daniel H. McEwen, soon thereafter contracted orally with Neis A. Freeburg to furnish,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiTcnELL, J.
Counsel for the respondent building association claims that the correct construction of- the findings of the trial court is that Neis A. Freeburg was merely the agent of Olaf A. Freeburg, and as such contracted in the name and behalf of his principal for material and labor for the construction of the buildings referred to. We do not concur with this view. We think the findings are clearly to the effect that Olaf, as owner of the premises, contracted with Neis for the erection by the latter of the buildings, and that the latter, as principal and in his own behalf, purchased and contracted for…
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