Jones v. Minnesota & Manitoba Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in replevin in the district court for Hennepin county to recover from defendant possession of seventeen thousand five hundred railroad ties or $5,250 the value thereof in case possession could not be had. The case was tried before Holt, Ji, and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $4,918.35. Prom an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
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Action in replevin in the district court for Hennepin county to recover from defendant possession of seventeen thousand five hundred railroad ties or $5,250 the value thereof in case possession could not be had. The case was tried before Holt, Ji, and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $4,918.35. Prom an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed. Affirmed after a reargument had on the following questions: (1) Did appellant in good faith without notice of respondent’s claim of ownership accept and use the ties…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Action in replevin to recover possession of seventeen thousand five hundred railroad ties, alleged to have been taken from respondents while located on certain land in Roseau county. The complaint alleged that appellant was a railroad corporation duly organized under the laws of this state, and was the owner of a railroad right of way, beginning at the international boundary line, section 26, township 164, range 37, in Roseau county, -and extending across the county southeasterly, to the Rainy river, upon which it built and constructed a railroad track; that during the months of September and…
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- Rait v. New England Furniture & Carpet Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Aldritt v. Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Klages v. Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Adamson v. PetersenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Fredette v. ThomasSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
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