VIRNIG v. SMITH

No. 37,372.

252 Minn. 363 (1958)

90 N.W. (2d) 241

MELVIN E. VIRNIG v. CRAWFORD E. SMITH AND ANOTHER.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 9, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gross & Nierengarten and Mahoney & Mahoney, for appellant Krause.

Gross & Nierengarten and Lanier, Lanier & Knox, for appellant Smith.

Putnam & Spencer, for respondent.


MATSON, JUSTICE.

Appeal from a judgment rescinding a contract for the sale of an interest in an oil well to be drilled and awarding plaintiff a recovery of the purchase money.1

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