Keegan v. G. Heileman Brewing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Yellow Medicine county to recover $2,999 for personal injury caused by the defective condition of defendant’s premises.
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Action in the district court for Yellow Medicine county to recover $2,999 for personal injury caused by the defective condition of defendant’s premises. The case was tried before Powers, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and at the close of the testimony defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for $2,000. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
On June 5, 1911, defendant rented a building in Granite Falls to plaintiff’s husband, M. Ii. Keegan, by written lease, for the term of one year. Plaintiff and her husband went into possession of the premises, using the same as a restaurant and dwelling. The lease contained the condition that the lessee would not assign the same and a provision that the lessor might terminate the lease for noncompliance by the lessee with any of its conditions. On February 16, 1912, M. H. Keegan assigned the lease to plaintiff,’ his wife. L. O. Johnson, a banker at Granite Falls, who negotiated the lease and…
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