Pope v. Hoefs
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Le Sueur county to recover $913.13 upon a promissory note executed by plaintiff and defendant and paid by plaintiff. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Tifft, J., who at the close of the testimony denied plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for $986.23. From an order denying her motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
This action was brought to compel contribution, upon the ground that the parties hereto were cosureties on a note, joint and several in form, for $3,722.33, executed by them on December 19, 1912, and payable on demand to the First State Bank of Le Sueur Center. No consideration passed to either of the makers of the note, but the full amount thereof was paid by the bank for a stock of merchandise purchased in the name of the plaintiff for his brother, William Pope, who at' the time of the purchase went into possession of the same, and sold at retail therefrom for a number of months. He then…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bobbitt v. ShryerIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
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