Hughes v. Meehan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Red Lake county by plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of James C. O’Brien, deceased, to recover $1,950 for labor performed for defendants by decedent. The case was tried before Watts, J., who found in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $892.79 and interest. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the findings or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Appeal from an order denying a motion made by defendants’ •counsel upon several grounds “for judgment notwithstanding the findings, and, if denied, for a new trial,” in an action brought by plaintiff, as administrator, to recover for personal services rendered by his intestate to the defendants as co-partners.
The case was tried by the court without a jury, and upon its findings of fact judgment was ordered in favor of the plaintiff for $392.79, with interest. Counsel’s assignments of error are quoted verbatim, as follows:
“1. The complaint does not state a cause of action: (a) It does not…
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