Legal Opinion

Corey v. Hunter

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided November 19, 1900PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Pembina County; Sauter, J. Action by Abbie J. Corey against David Hunter and others to foreclose a real estate mortgage. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. The question is one of agency.

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Appeal from District Court, Pembina County; Sauter, J. Action by Abbie J. Corey against David Hunter and others to foreclose a real estate mortgage. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. The question is one of agency. The statute designates two kinds of agents, — general and special, Rev. Codes 1895, section 4306; and these are divided into two classes, — actual and ostensible, Rev. Codes 1895, section 4307, and any agent has such authority as the principal actually or ostensibly confers upon him. Rev. Codes 1895, section 4320. There must be some substantial ground for…

1Opinion of the Court

Fisk, District Judge.

This is an action brought to- foreclose a certain mortgage upon real property executed and delivered on January 4, 1892, by the defendants David Hunter and Annie, his wife, to one S. W. McLaughlin, to secure the payment of a certain promissory note for $1,350, payable by its terms at the office of said McLaughlin in Grand Forks,, on December 1, 1896, which note and mortgage were on March 4, 1892, assigned to the appellant, Abbie J. Corey, of Brookline, Mass., the assignment of which mortgage was on March 11, 1892, recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Pembina…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Smith v. . KiddNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  2. Edwards v. . DooleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  3. Hollinshead v. John Stuart & Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Joy v. VanceMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Burchard v. HullSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Meyer v. National Fire InsuranceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Lander v. HartsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Bernard v. MadsenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Martinson v. KershnerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
  5. McIntosh v. Dakota Trust Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1925

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