Legal Opinion

Partridge v. Minnesota & Dakota Elevator Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 2, 1899No. Nos. 11,412—(233)PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Action for conversion in the district court for Clay county. The case was tried before Baxter, J., who directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $2,731.77. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

START, 0. J.

Action for the alleged conversion by the defendant of certain wheat, upon which the plaintiff had a mortgage. Defense that the defendant purchased the wheat, in the usual course of business, from the mortgagor, who was then authorized by the mortgagee to make the sale. At the close of the evidence, the defendant requested the trial court to direct a verdict in its favor, which was refused; and thereupon the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The defendant appealed from an order denying its motion for a new trial.

The only assignment of error we find…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hogan v. Atlantic Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Livingston v. StevensSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  2. Carr v. BrawleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. Farmers' State Bank of Alva v. KavanaughSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  4. Endreson v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
  5. Great Northern State Bank v. RyanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923

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