Norton v. Beckman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, J. M. Beckman, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of Duluth, Roger S. Powell, J., entered September 27, 1892. On September 1, 1889, the plaintiffs, George W. Norton and Martha R. Norton,.leased to defendant lot 86, block 2, in Duluth Proper, Third Division, for the term of three years next thereafter.
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Appeal by defendant, J. M. Beckman, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of Duluth, Roger S. Powell, J., entered September 27, 1892. On September 1, 1889, the plaintiffs, George W. Norton and Martha R. Norton,.leased to defendant lot 86, block 2, in Duluth Proper, Third Division, for the term of three years next thereafter. The- tenant agreed to pay $150 per month rent, and at the expiration of the term to quietly yield and surrender the premises to the lessors. On September 20, 1892, plaintiffs made complaint under 1878 Gr. S. ch. 84, .§ 11, stating these facts and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
The judgment in this case was perhaps in some respects informal but it was sufficient in substance, for it expressed the decision of the court on the matter involved, and the relief granted. It would have been good as a judgment either in the District or in a Justice’s Court.
In proceedings under 1878 G. S. ch. 84, the pleadings are to be construed, and are to have the same effect, as in a “civil action.” When the answer expressly, or by failing to deny, admits the allegations in the complaint, the admission is equivalent to proof. Hennessey v. Pederson, 28 Minn. 461, (11 N. W. Rep. 63,) did…
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