Legal Opinion

Hoxsie v. Empire Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 1, 1889PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Kelly, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after a verdict of $679.72 for plaintiffs.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The cause of action alleged in the complaint iS' the unlawful conversion by defendant, in August, 1888, of a quantity of saw-logs, the property of plaintiffs, and which, by way of descrip*549tion, are alleged to have been cut and removed during the logging season of 1887-88, from a certain tract of land in Pine county-It is rather difficult to tell what issues were intended to be tendered by the answer. It starts out by alleging that the logs in question were cut and removed from the land described in the complaint by one O’Brien, from whom defendant bought in good faith, without notice the claim…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. King v. MerrimanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
  2. Melby v. D. M. Osborne & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
  3. Whitney v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. National Bank of Commerce v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
  2. Casey v. Phillips Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1967
  3. Hartwig v. Loyal Order of Moose, Brainerd Lodge No. 1246Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  4. Adair v. WilliamsArizona Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Vigliotti v. CampanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926

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