Sage v. Valentine
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Vanderburgh, J., presiding, refusing; a new trial after verdict for the plaintiffs, who sue as partners, doing business in the name of Pancost, Sage & Morse..
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
This action is brought to recover $284, claimed to be an unpaid balance due upon a bill of goods sold by plaintiffs to defendant, amounting to $568.20. The defence is that defendant, being unable to pay his debts in full, made an arrangement for a composition with his. *103creditors, by which they agreed to accept 50 cents on the dollar in full payment of their claims ; that plaintiffs entered into, and became parties to, the agreement, and accordingly made their draft for the sum of $568.20, directed to defendant, payable at sight to the order of the East-Side Bank of Minneapolis, with…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Perkins v. LockwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Pierson v. McCahillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1862
- Devou v. HamIndiana Supreme Court · 1861
3Cited by7 opinions
- Marion v. HeimbachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- C. S. Brackett Co. v. LofgrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- Smoot v. CheckettsUtah Supreme Court · 1912
- Byrnes v. ByrnesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Bank of Commerce v. HoeberMissouri Court of Appeals · 1882
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