Cairns v. Keith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Melville C. Keith, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin county, Hooker, J., made August 31, 1891, granting a new trial. Action upon a promissory note for $480 dated January 31, 1890, due in six months, which plaintiff, Charles S. Cairns, alleges defendant made and delivered to one Thomas Stenson. Plaintiff bought the note of Stenson before its maturity. The defendant denied that he made the note.
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Appeal by defendant, Melville C. Keith, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin county, Hooker, J., made August 31, 1891, granting a new trial. Action upon a promissory note for $480 dated January 31, 1890, due in six months, which plaintiff, Charles S. Cairns, alleges defendant made and delivered to one Thomas Stenson. Plaintiff bought the note of Stenson before its maturity. The defendant denied that he made the note. The issues were tried October 15, 1890. The jury found for defendant. Plaintiff moved for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence as follows: One George…
1Per curiam
This action is upon a promissory note alleged to have been made by the defendant. The defense is that the defendant’s name, subscribed as maker of the note, was a forgery, and he testified as a witness on the trial that he did not sign it. In support of a motion by the plaintiff for a new trial, after verdict had been rendered for the defendant, a letter was produced, shown to have been written by the defendant to a third party, and the authorship of which is not denied, in which the defendant refers to-this action in terms which may well be regarded as recognizing his legal liability on the…
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