General Convention of Congregational Ministers & Churches v. Torkelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Douglas county to foreclose a mortgage, and to have plaintiff’s mortgage declared a prior lien to that of the Springfield Savings Bank. The cause was tried before Searle, J., without a jury, and judgment was ordered in favor of defendants Torkelson and the Springfield Savings Bank. From orders denying plaintiff’s motions to amend the findings and for a new trial respectively, it appealed.
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Action in the district court for Douglas county to foreclose a mortgage, and to have plaintiff’s mortgage declared a prior lien to that of the Springfield Savings Bank. The cause was tried before Searle, J., without a jury, and judgment was ordered in favor of defendants Torkelson and the Springfield Savings Bank. From orders denying plaintiff’s motions to amend the findings and for a new trial respectively, it appealed. What the Kelleys did with reference to appellant’s business is just as unimportant and immaterial in establishing the fact or extent of agency as what the Kelleys might have…
1Opinion of the Court
CANTY, j.
On May 18, 1889, the defendant Torkelson made his promissory note for $1,200, due in five years, to Henry Fairbanks, as treasurer of the Fairbanks Education Board, with interest at the rate of 7 per cent., payable semiannually according to the terms of 10 coupon notes signed by Torkelson, and attached to the principal note. To secure said note and coupons, he also made to Fairbanks a mortgage on 173 acres of land then owned by Torkelson in Douglas county, in this state. Fairbanks resided at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and the firm of A. F. & L. E. Kelley, loan agents at Minneapolis,…
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