Smith v. Pearson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for St. Louis-county, Stearns, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $3,151.33 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This was an action for the alleged wrongful conversion of a quantity of lumber. The plaintiff claimed the property under a bill of sale executed by the Iron Eange Lumber Company in June, 1889, as security for a loan of $3,000, which he claims to have .made to it contemporaneously with the execution of the bill of sale. The defendant claimed the property as receiver of the lumber company, appointed in July, 1889, under the provisions of section 2 of "the insolvent law of 1881. (Laws 1881, c. 1Í8.) He denied that plaintiff ever made any actual loan to the lumber company, but that •the whole…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Minneapolis Engine & Machine WorksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Merrill v. ResslerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
3Cited by19 opinions
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