Brackett v. Rich
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the municipal court of tbe city of Minneapolis. The action was on a promissory note, made by one Gibson to defendant’s order, and, for value received, transferred before maturity to plaintiff by defendant, who wrote and signed upon the back thereof the following: “I guarantee the collection of the within note.”
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Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the municipal court of tbe city of Minneapolis. The action was on a promissory note, made by one Gibson to defendant’s order, and, for value received, transferred before maturity to plaintiff by defendant, who wrote and signed upon the back thereof the following: “I guarantee the collection of the within note.” The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that, at the time of the maturity of the note, the maker was, and has since continued to be, insolvent and destitute of any property not exempt from execution. The defendant, in-his answer, denied the…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
By Sp. Laws 1874, c. 141, entitled “ An act to establish a municipal court in the city of Minneapolis,” it is declared (§5) that said court “ shall have and possess-all the powers usually possessed by courts of record at common law, subject to modifications of the statutes of this state-applicable to courts of record,” and that, (§12,) “ where no-*487other provision is otherwise made in this act, said municipal court is vested with all the powers which are possessed by the district courts in this state, and all laws of a general nature apply to the said municipal court, so far as the same can be…
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