LILYERD v. CARLSON

No. C2-91-657.

499 N.W.2d 803 (1993)

J. Ralph LILYERD, et al., Petitioners, Respondents, v. E. Jerome CARLSON, Petitioner, Production Credit Association of St. Cloud, Petitioner, Appellants, and E. Jerome CARLSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. J. Ralph LILYERD, et al., Petitioners, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Johnson, Ronald B. Peterson, Coon Rapids, for E. Jerome Carlson.

James L. Wiant, Gerald W. VonKorff, St. Cloud, for Prod. Credit Assoc.

Ronald R. Frauenshuh, Jr., Ortonville, for respondents.

Hubert H. Humphrey, Atty. Gen., Paul A. Strandberg, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for amicus curiae State of Minn.

Timothy J. Sullivan, Eric N. Olsen, St. Paul, for amicus curiae MN Family Farm Law Project/Farmer's Legal Action Group, Inc.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

The two consolidated cases from which this appeal is taken raise questions concerning the right of first refusal statute, Minn.Stat. § 500.24, subd. 6 (1992). J. Ralph Lilyerd and Christel Lilyerd (Lilyerds) have sought in this litigation to establish that they, individually, have a right of first refusal, which was denied to them, to acquire from E. Jerome Carlson (Carlson) the approximately 3,536 areas of land in Kanabec County to which Big Meadow...

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