Bigelow v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis by the receivers of Keefe-Davidson Company to recover $94, balance due upon the purchase price of certain law books.
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Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis by the receivers of Keefe-Davidson Company to recover $94, balance due upon the purchase price of certain law books. The answer alleged an agreement on the part of the corporation to deliver to plaintiff certain volumes and advance sheets continuously so long as defendant should desire the same; that the corporation ceased to deliver the advance sheets and defendant believed the publication had been abandoned; that defendant had 16 volumes on hand which were of no use or value to defendant, unless the publication was continued; that only 16 volumes…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The Keefe-Davidson Company is a corporation, and was heretofore engaged in the publication and sale of law books. Among other works it published and sold to subscribers “Current Law,” a work designed to furnish to lawyers a digest of or reference to recent decisions of the several courts of the United States; the volumes thereof being issued and delivered at stated periods. Defendant subscribed for the work, agreeing to pay therefor a stated amount for each volume as delivered. A number of volumes were issued and delivered to him, for which he neglected to pay. The corporation ceased all…
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- Cerny v. Paxton & Gallagher Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1907
- Albitz v. Minneapolis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- McElrath v. Electric Investments Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Piedmont Land Improvement Co. v. Piedmont Foundry & Machine Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- State Bank v. GatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
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