Chickering & Sons v. White
Supreme Court of Minnesota
• Appeal by plaintiff (a corporation) from a judgment of tbe district court for Eamsey county, where the action (brought to recover 30 pianos, made by plaintiff, and of the alleged value of $15,900) was tried by Vilas, J., and judgment ordered for defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case.
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• Appeal by plaintiff (a corporation) from a judgment of tbe district court for Eamsey county, where the action (brought to recover 30 pianos, made by plaintiff, and of the alleged value of $15,900) was tried by Vilas, J., and judgment ordered for defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case. The evidence for the plaintiff tended to prove that on August 16, 1887, the pianos were sold to plaintiff, at St. Paul, by Petersen & Blaikie, under the following circumstances: Some months prior to that date the pianos had been sold by plaintiff to Petersen & Blaikie, and shortly before that date Petersen…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought to recover possession of a number of pianos which plaintiff had once sold on credit to Petersen & Blaikie, but which it claimed to have bought back from them on August 16, 1887. The defendant, as assignee, claimed the property as part of the assets of Petersen & Blaikie, under an assignment for the benefit of creditors made October 11, 1887, pursuant to the provisions of the insolvent law, (Laws 1881, c. 148;) his contention being that the alleged resale of the property by Petersen & Blaikie to plaintiff was void as to creditors, first, under the statute of frauds,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Woodling v. KnickerbockerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Murch v. SwensenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Weston v. SumnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
3Cited by3 opinions
- Williams v. ClarkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Grant v. Minneapolis Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897