Freeman v. F. P. Harbaugh Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,-3Lt)-2.-85 for false representations in tbe sale of certain notes. Tbe .-answer -admitted tbat defendant assigned to plaintiff tbe notes and mortgage .described in tbe complaint, and tbat. plaintiff paid therefor.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,-3Lt)-2.-85 for false representations in tbe sale of certain notes. Tbe .-answer -admitted tbat defendant assigned to plaintiff tbe notes and mortgage .described in tbe complaint, and tbat. plaintiff paid therefor. Tbe case -was tried before -Booth, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,078.02. Erom an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment in its favor notwithstanding tbe verdict or for ,a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Action to recover damages for falsely representing that the makers of certain promissory notes were solvent and that the chattel mortgage securing them was a first lien upon a threshing machine outfit. Plaintiff recovered a verdict.
Defendant company was located at St. Paul, and handled the Russell line of threshers. Isaac Lee represented the company at Wheaton, Minnesota, and sold its machines on commission. Plaintiff resided at St. Louis Park, near Minneapolis, and early in November, 1905, wrote to Lee, expressing a desire to purchase 'notes taken in settlement on the purchase of machines.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Knappen v. FreemanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Bullitt v. FarrarSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Humphrey v. MerriamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Atherton v. BarberSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
3Cited by16 opinions
- Swanson v. DomningSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- Ludowese v. AmidonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Meland v. YoungbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Schlechter v. FeltonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Roseberry v. Hart-Parr Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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