Lightbody v. Truelsen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the district court for St.. Louis county, where the action was tried before Stearns, J., and a jury, a verdict rendered for plaintiff, and a motion for a new trial denied.
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Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the district court for St.. Louis county, where the action was tried before Stearns, J., and a jury, a verdict rendered for plaintiff, and a motion for a new trial denied. Exhibit A, mentioned in the opinion, is as follows; March 15, 1887. To the Minnesota Granite <& Stone Go., of Illinois: Gentlemen : As security to you for paying the claim held against me (and secured by A. C. Ely) by C. H. Oppel & Sons, I hereby sell and quitclaim to you all goods, furniture, and supplies of all kinds held by me in your buildings at Hinsdale, Minn., as per invoice…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
As tried, under the rulings of the court, this action was purely one in trespass for unlawfully and forcibly entering upon certain premises, alleged to have been in the lawful possession of plaintiff under lease from the Minnesota Granite Company, and ejecting his family, and removing his goods therefrom. The defendants justify as the agents or bailiffs of the Minnesota Granite Company. There are several assignments of error, but .counsel for appellants expressly states in his brief that all of them, with the exception of one relating to the amount of damages, turn upon the question whether…
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