McCormick v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for St. Louis county to wind up a partnership, for an accounting and for a conveyance of land alleged to be held in trust by certain defendants for plaintiff. The history of the litigation will be found in the second and third paragraphs of the opinion.
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Action in tbe district court for St. Louis county to wind up a partnership, for an accounting and for a conveyance of land alleged to be held in trust by certain defendants for plaintiff. The history of the litigation will be found in the second and third paragraphs of the opinion. From an order, Cant, J., denying defendants’ motion for an order abating the action until the final determination of another action in the United ■ States district court in which Margaret B. Fowler and others were plaintiffs and Andrew McCormick was one of the defendants, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Plaintiff claims an interest in an iron mine in St. Louis county which is being operated by the Minnesota Iron Company under a mining lease from the fee owners. He brought this action to establish his interest in the mine and made the fee owners and the Minnesota Iron Company defendants.
The iron company is a Minnesota corporation, but all the fee owners are nonresidents. For the purpose of beginning his action, plaintiff filed his complaint in the office of the clerk of the district court of St. Louis county on August 9, 1916, and on the same day delivered the summons to the sheriff…
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- Boyd v. United States Mortgage & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Smith v. HurdSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- H. L. Spencer Co. v. KoellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
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