Mason v. Savage
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From an order of the probate court for Hennepin county, Dahl, J., disallowing the claim of William P. Mason against the estate of Marion W. Savage, deceased, for $16,400 and interest, the claimant appealed to the district court for that county. In the district court the claimant filed his complaint.
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From an order of the probate court for Hennepin county, Dahl, J., disallowing the claim of William P. Mason against the estate of Marion W. Savage, deceased, for $16,400 and interest, the claimant appealed to the district court for that county. In the district court the claimant filed his complaint. The motion of Erie B. Savage, as administrator of the estate, for an order striking the complaint from the files and records of the court and determining that the complaint had no legal effect was granted, Jelley, J., on the ground that the cause of action set forth in the complaint was wholly…
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Hennepin county striking out a complaint served by appellant upon an appeal from an order of the probate court disallowing a claim filed against the estate of Marion W. Savage, deceased.
On July 16, 1907, appellant, William P. Mason, was a director, the secretary and general manager of the Minneapolis, Eochester & Dubuque *347Traction Company, and Savage was the president thereof. On that day appellant entered into a written contract with the company, whereby he was to resign from such offices and enter the employ of the company as solicitor…
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