Mahlberg v. Jones

This action was originally for specific performance of a contract to convey certain greenhouses in the city of Minneapolis. The case was before this court in connection with a garnishment proceeding, and the opinion appears in 176 Minn. 522, 223 N. W. 922. When the case went to trial the theory of specific performance was abandoned, and a money judgment was asked upon an accounting, there being two causes of action set forth in the complaint.

In 1925 the defendant L. L. Jones was one of the stockholders in Swanson’s, Incorporated, which did a floral business in Minneapolis. The greenhouses…