Pappas v. Stark
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $2,500 for breach of contract and loss of profits. The answer denied all the allegations of the complaint except that which alleged that defendant was the proprietor of the shop in question. The case was tried before Dickinson, J., who at the close of plaintiff’s case denied ■defendant’s motion to strike Exhibit A from the records, and granted defendant’s motion to direct a verdict in his favor.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $2,500 for breach of contract and loss of profits. The answer denied all the allegations of the complaint except that which alleged that defendant was the proprietor of the shop in question. The case was tried before Dickinson, J., who at the close of plaintiff’s case denied ■defendant’s motion to strike Exhibit A from the records, and granted defendant’s motion to direct a verdict in his favor. Erom an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This action was to recover damages for the alleged breach by defendant of the contract hereinafter mentioned. At the close of plaintiff’s case, a verdict was directed for defendant. Plaintiff appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
Defendant, the owner of a barber shop and Turkish bath establishment in the Andrews hotel, Minneapolis, and plaintiff, a Greek, on November 13, 1911, entered into a written contract, by the terms of which defendant granted to plaintiff the privilege to maintain the boot and shoe shining stand in the basement of the hotel, and the checking stand of the cafe.…
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