McCarthy Bros. v. Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to restrain defendant chamber of commerce from transferring a certain membership certificate to William F. Fruen and to obtain a decree entitling plaintiff to a lien upon the ¿ertificate for a sum amounting to $4,300, and to enforce such lien.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to restrain defendant chamber of commerce from transferring a certain membership certificate to William F. Fruen and to obtain a decree entitling plaintiff to a lien upon the ¿ertificate for a sum amounting to $4,300, and to enforce such lien. The case was tried before Simpson, J., who found that plaintiff never had any claim or lien upon a certain certificate of membership numbered 2,073 and never had any valid objection to the transfer thereof upon the books of the chamber. From an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIOTT, j.
In this action the McCarthy Bros. Company, a corporation, sought to restrain the Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis from transferring a certain certificate of membership in the chamber from William Maxwell to William Fruen, and to have a lien which it claimed on such membership established and enforced. The trial court found that the plaintiff had no lien on the membership, and ordered judgment for the defendants. The appeal is from an order denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. As we have reached the conclusion that the trial court was correct in holding that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- American Live Stock Commission Co. v. Chicago Live Stock ExchangeIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Evans v. Chamber of Commerce of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. Duluth Board of TradeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- State v. McPhailSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- State ex rel. Goetzman v. Minnesota Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Mohler v. Chamber of CommerceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915