Edward Thompson Co. v. Schroeder
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Becker county to recover $162 upon a written contract. The defense is stated in the first paragraph of the opinion. The case was tried before Eoeser, J., who when plaintiff rested fieTn'p.il defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and a jury which returned a verdict for eight dollars.
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Action in the district court for Becker county to recover $162 upon a written contract. The defense is stated in the first paragraph of the opinion. The case was tried before Eoeser, J., who when plaintiff rested fieTn'p.il defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and a jury which returned a verdict for eight dollars. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The short facts in this case are that on September 24, 1912, defendant, an attorney and counselor at law residing in Becker county, this *126state, gave to a traveling representative of plaintiff a written order for certain law books published by plaintiff, namely, the Federal Annotated Statutes, and a set of the American and English Annotated Cases, for which defendant agreed to pay at the time and in the manner stated in the order. The order was subject to the approval of plaintiff, at its home office in New York, was subsequently so approved, and the books shipped to defendant. Having failed…
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