St. Paul Distilling Co. v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county against Geo. W. Hicks and his wife, John R. Joslyn, and Daniel R. Pratt, all of Elmira, N. Y., and J. H. Sanders of St. Paul, alleging that Hicks, Pratt and Joslyn conspired to cause the plaintiff company to be organized and its stock subscribed for, and to secure from plaintiff a construction contract and large amounts of its capital stock; without consideration as in the complaint particularly set fortín…
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county against Geo. W. Hicks and his wife, John R. Joslyn, and Daniel R. Pratt, all of Elmira, N. Y., and J. H. Sanders of St. Paul, alleging that Hicks, Pratt and Joslyn conspired to cause the plaintiff company to be organized and its stock subscribed for, and to secure from plaintiff a construction contract and large amounts of its capital stock; without consideration as in the complaint particularly set fortín The complaint then proceeds to allege the acts done by the defendants above named substantially as stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The evidence fully sustains the findings of fact. The assignment of error mainly urged in the oral argument was upon the refusal of the defendants’ demand for a jury trial. The right to such a trial had, however, been waived, and after that the defendants, of course, were not entitled to it. It appears from the settled case that at a previous term of the district court, at the time, as we infer, when the general calendar was called to ascertain what causes were to be tried by the court, and what causes by a jury, this case was by the consent of all the parties placed upon the calendar of…
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