Burke v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.

Plaintiff brought this action before a justice of the peace of Hen-nepin county. The summons was served on the defendant in the city of Minneapolis in that county. On the return day the defendant appeared specially, and moved to dismiss, on the ground that the justice had no jurisdiction, because it appeared that the summons was served in the city of Minneapolis. This motion was denied and judgment rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed upon questions of law alone to the district court, where the action was dismissed by Young, J., on the defendant’s motion. Plaintiff appeals from…