Whitcomb v. Hardy
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county against Leon H. Hardy, Jennie A. W. Hardy, Minneapolis Trust Company and James W. Criffin to cancel certain deeds and mortgages executed by plaintiff, and to recover $25,000 damages from all of the defendants, except the trust company, on the ground of a conspiracy between defendants, other than the trust company, to defraud plaintiff of his property.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county against Leon H. Hardy, Jennie A. W. Hardy, Minneapolis Trust Company and James W. Criffin to cancel certain deeds and mortgages executed by plaintiff, and to recover $25,000 damages from all of the defendants, except the trust company, on the ground of a conspiracy between defendants, other than the trust company, to defraud plaintiff of his property. The cause was tried before Simpson, J., and a jury, on certain issues of fact, and the court afterwards made additional findings in favor of defendants. From an order denying plaintiff’s motion…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages, and to rescind and cancel certain deeds and mortgages executed by him, which mortgages are now held by the Minneapolis Trust Company for the defendant Jennie A. W. Hardy, who is a sister of the plaintiff.
Some time in the year 1860 their father, Silas Whitcomb, died in California, and left as his heirs at law his widow and these two children. Subsequently the widow married George B. Wright, and they lived in Minneapolis until 1881, when Wright died. The plaintiff, his said sister and Mrs. Wright each gave a power of attorney to the…
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