Anderson v. White
Anderson v. White
Opinion of the Court
On June 18, 1910, the plaintiff was the owner of six lots in Otto-ville, on Lake Minnetonka, and on that day the parties hereto entered into a written contract whereby the plaintiff sold and agreed to convey the lots to the defendant, who agreed to pay the plaintiff therefor $600, payable $25 on the execution of the contract and $575 August 18, 1910, or as soon thereafter as a warranty deed conveying good title should be tendered, This action was brought in the district court of the county of Hennepin to recover the balance due on the contract, $575.
The complaint alleged the execution of the contract, performance
The cause was tried by the court without a jury, findings of fact made in favor of the plaintiff, and judgment directed for the amount claimed in the complaint. Judgment was so entered, and the defendant appealed therefrom.
The assignments of error raise two general questions: Whether the findings of fact are sustained by the evidence, and whether the facts found sustain the judgment; also, whether there was reversible error in the rulings of the court as to the admission of evidence. The facts found by the trial court were substantially those alleged in the complaint. There was no finding relevant to the issue of fraud tendered by the answer, nor any request for a finding on such issue. Nor does the record disclose any evidence which would sustain a finding of any fraud or misrepresentation by the plaintiff. The defendant does not here seriously claim that there was any fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of the plaintiff, but that there was a material mistake of the parties as to the subject-matter of the contract, that is, as to the identity and location of the lots, or at least that he was mistaken in this respect, which ivas induced by the innocent misrepresentation and mistake of the plaintiff or her alleged agent. The objection that no such issue was made by the pleadings
We have considered the several rulings of the trial court as to the admission of evidence, and find no reversible error therein.
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- EMILIE ANDERSON v. WILLIAM G. WHITE
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- Published