Miller v. Stoddard
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants Henry M. Little and Esther B. Little, from an order of the District Court of Plennepin County, Hooker, J., made November 3, 1891, denying their motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by defendants Henry M. Little and Esther B. Little, from an order of the District Court of Plennepin County, Hooker, J., made November 3, 1891, denying their motion for a new trial. Esther B. Little owned the west sixty-five (65) feet in width of lots thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) in block two (2) in Nicollet Avenue Addition to Minneapolis, and on May 13, 1890, she sold the property to her son Henry M. Little for $2,000. The deed was duly recorded on that day, and he at the same time gave his mother a mortgage on the property to secure the payment of the whole purchase price. The…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This may be termed the companion case of that of the same plaintiffs against Shepard and others, ante, p. 268, (52 N. W. Rep. 894,) just decided, to the statement of facts in which, as far as it goes, reference may be made for the facts in this case.
This action was brought to enforce a lien for labor and material performed and furnished to the contractor, Stoddard, for the erection of the “Little” house. The defendants Esther B. Little and the North Side Building & Loan Association were mortgagees of the premises. The other defendants, Frazer & Shepard and Smith & Co., were lien claimants for…
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- Finlayson v. CrooksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- People ex rel. Thorne v. HaysCalifornia Supreme Court · 1854
- Miller v. ShepardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Oliver v. DavySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
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