Yeates v. Young
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $246.47 for breach of contract and expenses incurred. The case was tried before Baldwin, J., who when plaintifEs rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiffs. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the decision or for a new trial, was denied. From the judgment entered pur-‘ suant to the order for judgment, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Plaintiffs are .rental agents, and, during the year previous to November 1, 1917, were employed by defendant to manage, let and collect the rents for an apartment building owned by her in Minneapolis. They were to receive 5 per cent out of the rents collected, for their sei'viees. Accounts were sent to defendant monthly with a check for the balance left, after deducting the commission and the operating expenses. With the account for October, 1917, the last month of their first contract, and a check of $228, the balance for that month, plaintiffs sent her a letter, highly commendatory of the…
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- Schumaker v. HeinemannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Pittsburg Gauge Co. v. Ashton Valve Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Singer Manuf'g Co. v. PottsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Glaspie v. GlassowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
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