Hennessy v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the municipal court of St. Paul, Twohy, J., denying a motion for a new trial. Plaintiff having executed the instrument with full opportunities to examine its contents, was bound by it. Albrecht v. Milwaukee & S. Ry. Co., 87 Wis. 105, 58 N. W. 72; Dorwin v. Westbrook, 86 Hun, 363, 33 N. Y. Supp. 449; Fuller v. Kemp, 138 N. Y. 231, 33 N. E. 1034; Brown v. Symes, 83 Hun, 159, 31 N. Y. Supp. 629; Hinkle v. Minneapolis & St. L. Ry.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the municipal court of St. Paul, Twohy, J., denying a motion for a new trial. Plaintiff having executed the instrument with full opportunities to examine its contents, was bound by it. Albrecht v. Milwaukee & S. Ry. Co., 87 Wis. 105, 58 N. W. 72; Dorwin v. Westbrook, 86 Hun, 363, 33 N. Y. Supp. 449; Fuller v. Kemp, 138 N. Y. 231, 33 N. E. 1034; Brown v. Symes, 83 Hun, 159, 31 N. Y. Supp. 629; Hinkle v. Minneapolis & St. L. Ry. Co., 31 Minn. 434, 18 N. W. 275; Webb v. Lees, 149 Pa. St. 13, 24 Atl. 169; Filler v. Tyler, 91 Va. 458, 22 S. E. 235; Riley v.…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an action to recover a balance of $23.75, which the plaintiff claims is due to him from the defendant for •services rendered between January 1 and May 1, 1893. The defense is payment.
*15The trial court found the following facts: “The plaintiff was employed by the defendant in the operation of its lines of railway in the said city of St. Paul during part of.the year 1892, all of the year 1893, and part of the year 1891, at an agreed price per day. That during said time certain of the machinery and appliances of the defendant, used by the plaintiff, were damaged, but without fault upon his…
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