Bowder v. Gillis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Waseca county to recover $3,310 for breach of agreement. The case was tried, before Childress, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $786. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The action is one for damages against lessors for refusing to fulfil an agreement to give tlieir written consent to a lessee’s assignment of a lease. Verdict for plaintiff, and defendants appeal from the order denying their motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.
*190The short facts are these: On April 4, 1914, defendants by written lease demised the first floor and the front half of the basement of a certain two-story brick building in Waseca, Minnesota, to L. M. Valentine for a period of three years with privilege of two additional years, the rent being…
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- Sayer v. Harris Produce Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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