Carlson v. Krantz

1 Reported in 214 N.W. 928. Action on contract wherein, after verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals from an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding or a new trial.

Defendant is a minister of the gospel and in 1911, in which year the alleged contract was made, was the pastor of a church at Duluth. Plaintiff is single and until 1911 had been very much of a wayfaring man, much of his life having been spent before the mast. Being a slave to the liquor habit but having the desire to reform, he sought the aid of defendant, who had long been his dependable friend and spiritual…