Minneapolis Envelope Co. v. Vanstrom
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Mary Vanstrom, from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of Minneapolis, Mahoney, J., made May 17, 1892, refusing her a new trial.
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Appeal by defendant Mary Vanstrom, from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of Minneapolis, Mahoney, J., made May 17, 1892, refusing her a new trial. Action by Minneapolis Envelope Company, a corporation, to recover a balance due for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered to defendant on October 7,1891, of the reasonable and agreed price and value of $103, on which defendant had paid $5.15. The defendant demanded a copy of the account and of the items thereof pursuant to 1878 G. S. eh. 66, § 105. Plaintiff in response served the following: “Minneapolis, Minn, Oct. 7, 1891.…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This appeal is without merit. The verified copy of plaintiff’s account, furnished on defendant’s demand, (1878 G. S. ch. 66, § 105,) indicates that the account was kept in the books in somewhat technical language, (a common practice with bookkeepers,) and it is barely possible that it was not sufficiently explicit to apprise defendant of the exact nature of the claim; but, admitting this, she retained the copy without intimating that it was not intelligible, and wholly failed to demand a further or more particular bill, as might have been done under the statute. If the bill does not in fact…
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