Newell v. Cochran
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Bamsey county, and was tried by Brill, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiffs (W. F. Newell and John F. Fulton) against the defendant Earl A. Holdridge, and against the plaintiffs and in favor of the defendants Thdmas Cochran, Jr., and Silas B. Walsh, (partners as Cochran & Walsh.) Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment in favor of Cochran & Walsh. The defendant Holdridge appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
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This action was brought in the district court for Bamsey county, and was tried by Brill, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiffs (W. F. Newell and John F. Fulton) against the defendant Earl A. Holdridge, and against the plaintiffs and in favor of the defendants Thdmas Cochran, Jr., and Silas B. Walsh, (partners as Cochran & Walsh.) Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment in favor of Cochran & Walsh. The defendant Holdridge appeals from an order refusing a new trial. Among other matters litigated was the issue whether Cochran & Walsh were employed on behalf of plaintiffs’ partnership as agents for…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The tacts of this ease as found by the court may be thus stated: Prior to March 26,1886, the plaintiffs and the defendant Holdridge entered into an oral agreement with each other to purchase a tract of land of 40 acres owned by one John Ireland. The purchase was to be for their joint account, and for the purpose of selling the land at a profit. They were to be equally interested in the transaction, sharing equally in the payment of the purchase price, in the expenses that might necessarily be.incurred in the management and disposing of the property, and in the profits and losses which might…
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