Legal Opinion

Frost v. Jordan

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 16, 1887PublishedCited by 17 opinions

This action was brought in the district court for Hennepin county, and tried by Hicks, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiff for $12.63, the amount of his taxed costs, and $200, the amount of the attorney’s fees paid by him, in the former action brought against him by one Cobb, which is mentioned in the opinion. The defendants appeal from an order refusing a new trial. among other cases, cited Trap-nail y. McAfee, S Met. (Ky.) 34; State v. McHale, 16 Mo.

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This action was brought in the district court for Hennepin county, and tried by Hicks, J., who ordered judgment for plaintiff for $12.63, the amount of his taxed costs, and $200, the amount of the attorney’s fees paid by him, in the former action brought against him by one Cobb, which is mentioned in the opinion. The defendants appeal from an order refusing a new trial. among other cases, cited Trap-nail y. McAfee, S Met. (Ky.) 34; State v. McHale, 16 Mo. App. 478; Wilson v. Boot, 43 Ind. 486.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The facts admitted by the answer, or found by the court, are that in an action commenced in the district court in this state by one Cobb and others against the plaintiff, Frost, the defendants, for the purpose of procuring a writ of attachment against his property, executed an attachment bond, conditioned that, if Frost recovered judgment, the plaintiffs in that action would pay all costs that might be awarded to him, and all damages he might sustain by reason of the attachment. Thereupon a writ was issued, and levied upon Frost’s property. Frost was a non-resident, and could not be found or…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Oelrichs v. SpainSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Kelly v. RogersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
  3. State ex rel. Hayden v. McHaleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
  4. Wilson v. RootIndiana Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Garrick v. Northland Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
  2. Diocese of Winona v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  3. Bergquist v. KreidlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  4. Stickney v. GowardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
  5. Smith v. ChaffeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930

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