Ames-Brooks Co. v. Ætna Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Dibbell, J., denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract on behalf of the defendant to insure at stipulated rates plaintiff’s grain cargoes on the Great Lakes' for the shipping season of 1899. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the trial court, on motion of defendants, dismissed the action as to all of the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
Evidence was given on the trial, which, taking, as we must do, the most favorable view of it for the plaintiff, tends, in connection with the admissions in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- National Furnace Co. v. Keystone Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1884
- Stensgaard v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Hickey v. O'BrienMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
- Minneapolis Mill Co. v. GoodnowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Furnell v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1873
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