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Property Law Keyed to Cribbet
Shaughnessy v. Eidsmo
Facts
Plaintiffs, on April 5, 1943, by oral agreement, leased from Eidsmo (Defendant) a dwelling house and lot for a term of one year from May 1, 1943, at a rate of $47.50 per month with an option to purchase the property at the end of the term for a price between $4,750.00 and $5,000.00, minus a credit for the total rent paid for the lease term. The balance of the purchase price was to be paid in monthly installments of $32.50, inclusive of unpaid taxes and five percent interest per annum on the unpaid balance. The Defendant also orally agreed to sell Plaintiffs a stove for $119.50, payable in installments of $4.00 per month without interest. Plaintiffs took possession on May 1, 1943 and continued therein until April 30, 1944, paying a total of $570.00 during the term as rent and a total of $48.00 toward the purchase of the stove. Before the lease term was up, the Plaintiffs notified Defendant of their intention to exercise the option to purchase according to the terms, and several times demanded of Defendant a contract for deed. The Defendant offered verbal reassurances. Plaintiffs were and are ready, willing and able to conform to the requirements of the option to purchase. The Plaintiffs continued in possession and from May 1, 1944 to May 1, 1945 they paid an additional $570.00 toward the purchase. When the lease was originally entered into there was a mortgage of $4,200.00 on the premises, which was not communicated to the Plaintiffs. The Defendant contended that he gave no option, but that he assured Plaintiffs that at the end of the lease term they would have the opportunity to purchase the premises for a price in excess of $5,200.00, subject to a mortgage, on which the monthly payments were $32.00, and that Defendant would give Plaintiffs credit for the rent paid after making deductions for interest, taxes and insurance. The trial court found for the Plaintiffs and specified that Plaintiffs were entitled to a contract for deed on purchase price of $5,000.00, subject to a credit on said price for the gross sum of all rents and purchase money paid, with a provision that the balance of the purchase price should be paid in monthly installments of $32.50 each, inclusive of taxes and interest of five percent per annum.
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