Taylor v. Times Newspaper Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county for an accounting. The case was tried before Elliott, J., who, at the close of plaintiff’s testimony, granted a motion by defendant to dismiss the action. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action for an accounting. The cause was dismissed in the court below after plaintiff had rested his case, and plaintiff appeals from an order denying a new trial.
The facts, concisely stated, are as follows: Plaintiff, claiming to have originated a plan for increasing the advertising business of newspapers, solicited defendant to purchase it for a specified consideration. Not being familiar with the plan, defendant agreed to examine it, and, if satisfied of its merits, to purchase the right to use it, whereupon the parties entered into a preliminary agreement, the material portions of which…
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