Koktan v. Knight
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court of McLeod county, Edson, J., presiding, granting a new trial, after trial by a referee, and judgment of $156.08 ordered for plaintiff. The action was brought to recover the amount for which one Dewees, to whom the plaintiff’s note, mentioned in tbe receipt recited in’ the opinion, had been indorsed by defendant before maturity, had recovered judgment in a suit on the note.-
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The case was tried by a referee, who found for the plaintiff, and thereafter, on defendant’s motion, the report of the referee was set aside, and a new trial granted by the district court, and plaintiff appeals.
There is evidence in the case tending to prove that during and since the year 1883 the defendant was acting as an attorney in procuring and *305contesting homestead entries at the United States land-offices; that", certain questions had arisen as to the right of the Hastings & Dakota.1, and the St. Paul & Pacific Bailroad Companies in respect to their: rights to certain lands in their…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Hughley v. City of WabashaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Price v. ChurchillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901