Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Hayward

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 31, 1898No. Nos. 10,936-(281)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Stearns county, Searle, J., denying their motion for a new trial after a verdict for plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of William H. Hayward, deceased, for $515.80 and interest, pursuant to the direction of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.

2

This is the second appeal in this action. See 67 Minn. 92, 69 N. W. 638. After the decision on the former appeal, the case was again tried in the court below, and, at the close of the trial, the judge ordered a verdict for plaintiff for the amount of the note and interest. From an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.

It appears by the evidence that in 1887 defendant’s brother, W. H. Hayward, and his father, J. E. Hayward, were associated together as partners in the lumber business, under the firm name of W. H. Hayward & Co.; that the brother had at that time but little property of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Foote v. FooteMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Vail v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
  3. Wiswell v. WiswellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  4. Cooper v. HaywardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hardenbergh v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
  2. Matter of Estate of WashburnSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Livermon v. LloydSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  4. Weis v. Kundert, Jr.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
  5. Holtan v. FischerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944

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