Case Name: J. W. KELLER v. SOUTHERN COLONIZATION COMPANY
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1921-01-28
Citations: 148 Minn. 478
Docket Number: No. 21,734
Parties: J. W. KELLER v. SOUTHERN COLONIZATION COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 148
Pages: 478–478

Head Matter:
J. W. KELLER v. SOUTHERN COLONIZATION COMPANY.
January 28, 1921.
No. 21,734.
Case followed.
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $2,550 for breach of contract in failing to build a certain railroad., The case was tried before Dickson, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for $2,300. From an order granting defendant’s motion to vacate the judgment and denying plaintiff’s motion for leave to reargue that motion, plaintiff appealed.
Affirmed.
O. B. Smith, for appellant.
Roolcwood & Mitchell and E. T. Young, for respondent.
Reported in 181 N. W. 208.

Opinion:
Pee Cubiam.
The facts in this case and in Fletcher v. Southern Colonization Company, supra, page 143, 181 N. W. 205, are similar in all respects, with the exception that the complaint in the present case alleges that the final payment on the contract for the purchase of the land was made September 4,1918. That was after Christofferson's appointment and resignation and after defendant's withdrawal from this state. This fact does not remove this case from the application of the principles stated in the Fletcher case. The contract was made and breached and the cause of action accrued prior to the date of Christofferson's appointment. These were the vital facts which led to the conclusion expressed in the other case.
The order appealed from is affirmed.