First National Bank v. Webster
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,000. The separate answer of defendant Webster denied that he and the other defendant were partners or ever executed either of the notes described in the complaint, and alleged that if any notes were ever issued, purporting to be made by a copartnership composed of defendants, the same were made without his knowledge or permission and were fictitious so far as he or any copartnership were concerned.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,000. The separate answer of defendant Webster denied that he and the other defendant were partners or ever executed either of the notes described in the complaint, and alleged that if any notes were ever issued, purporting to be made by a copartnership composed of defendants, the same were made without his knowledge or permission and were fictitious so far as he or any copartnership were concerned. The case was tried before Booth, J., who denied plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict in…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
Action to recover upon an indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note. There was a verdict for the defendant Webster. The plaintiff appeals. Webster died after verdict. His representatives have been substituted. The defendant Whipple did not answer. He has died since the trial.
On December 8, 1908, and for many years prior thereto, and until in January, 1910, when they incorporated, Henry Webster, the defendants’ testate, and the defendant V. A. Whipple were copartners as Webster & Whipple at Minneapolis, Minnesota. The indebtedness which it is sought to recover originated on…
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