Rand v. Sage
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against defendant, as assignee in trust of Hastings & Dakota Railway Company, to recover $15,000 for services rendered. The case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $7,500. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Plaintiff seeks to recover in this action the reasonable value of services claimed to have been performed by him for defendant under and pursuant to a certain verbal agreement. The complaint alleged that defendant Russell Sage, of New York City, was the assignee in trust of the Hastings & Dakota Railway Company; and that by the terms of the instrument of trust certain lands belonging to the railway company were conveyed to him in trust, with authority and power to sell, handle, and manage the same, and to employ sufficient assistance to enable him so to do; that on or about September, 1897,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- King v. RemingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Rand v. Iowa Central Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Bedford v. BernsteinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1927
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