Case Name: FERDINAND A. SHILHA v. LOUIS O. COTE AND ANOTHER
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1921-12-02
Citations: 150 Minn. 533
Docket Number: No. 22,522
Parties: FERDINAND A. SHILHA v. LOUIS O. COTE AND ANOTHER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 533–534

Head Matter:
FERDINAND A. SHILHA v. LOUIS O. COTE AND ANOTHER.
December 2, 1921.
No. 22,522.
Appeal andi error — decision sustained.
Action for specific performance of land contract. Finding of trial court that $1,300 was due and decree of performance upon payment of that sum held amply supported by the evidence. [Reporter.]
Action in the district court for Pine county for the specific performance of a land contract. The case was tried before Searles, J., who made findings and ordered judgment that plaintiff was entitled to a conveyance of the land from defendants upon his paying them the sum of $1,431.68. From an order denying his motion for amended findings, plaintiff appealed.
Affirmed.
Ottocar Sohotlca, for appellant.
P. 8. Olson, for respondents.
Reported in 185 N. W. 399.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Action for specific performance of an executory contract for the sale of land. The action was by the assignee of the vendee and the only question involved, as the case comes to this court, is the amount due on the purchase price of the land. The court found that $1,300 was due and unpaid. Plaintiff challenges the finding as not sustained by the evidence, insisting that the record is conclusive that $1,200 only was due on the contract. Our examination of the record discloses ample evidence to sustain the findings. The original purchase price of the land was $1,300, and the vendee testified that no part thereof was ever paid by him, and his assignee, plaintiff, does not claim to have paid any thereof at any time. The receipt, Exhibit R. relied upon by plaintiff as an acknowledgment of payment, cannot be given that effect, at least it is not conclusive that the disputed $100 had been paid on the contract.
Order affirmed.