Minnesota Gas-Light Economizer Co. v. Denslow
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Earn: sey county, refusing a new trial after a trial before Kerr, J., (a jury being waived,) and judgment of $1,000 and interest ordered for plaintiff, upon its depositing with the clerk, for defendant’s use, certificates for 60 shares of full-paid and non-assessable stock of the St. Paul Gas Economizer Co.
1Opinion of the Court
Vanderburgh, J.1
This action is brought upon a promissory note made by the defendant to the plaintiff for the sum of $1,000, dated February 15, 1888, and due in four months.
1. It is found by the trial court that the plaintiff at and since the date of the note has been an acting corporation, created and organized under the laws of the state of West Virginia and doing business as such in the state of Minnesota. But the defendant denies that the evidence warrants any such conclusion, and denies that the plaintiff has any legal capacity to sue in the courts of this state as a corporation de jure…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Holbrook v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
- Foster v. MoultonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- French v. DonohueSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hause v. MannheimerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Gardner v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Zander v. SchackelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924