Babcock v. Murray
Supreme Court of Minnesota
. Appeal by plaintiff, Emily H. Babcock, from a judgment of the District Court of Ramsey County, John W. Willis, J., entered January 24, 1894. Richard Deming and Courtland Babcock were in 1887 partners in business at St. Paul under the firm name of Richard Deming & Co., as brokers making loans on pledges and chattel mortgage security. Plaintiff is the mother of Courtland Babcock, and in that year she placed $9,000 in their hands to be loaned.
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. Appeal by plaintiff, Emily H. Babcock, from a judgment of the District Court of Ramsey County, John W. Willis, J., entered January 24, 1894. Richard Deming and Courtland Babcock were in 1887 partners in business at St. Paul under the firm name of Richard Deming & Co., as brokers making loans on pledges and chattel mortgage security. Plaintiff is the mother of Courtland Babcock, and in that year she placed $9,000 in their hands to be loaned. Richard Deming on March 1, 1887, gave her his personal contract that the money should be loaned in her name and returned to her intact with interest at…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
There seems to be no controversy over the leading facts pertaining to this case. Courtlandt Babcock, a son of plaintiff, and Richard Deming, had been engaged in business together at St. Paul, loaning money on chattel security, for a few months prior to March 1, 1887. For two years after the date just mentioned, Deming was doing business for himself, and during this time he married a daughter of defendants Murray. He died prior to the commencement of this action, and defendant Deming is his widow. The capital used by Deming in his business was principally plaintiff’s, placed in his hands on…
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- Keith v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1858
- Ward v. HackettSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- State v. DunnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
- Stein v. PassmoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
- State ex rel. Wedge v. OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
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