Thomas v. Williams
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action transferred from the municipal court of Mankato to the district court for Blue Earth county, brought by the administrator of the estate of John J. Lewis, deceased, to recover from the Singer Sewing Machine Company the sum of $28, alleged to be the rent due upon certain leased premises. The case was tried before Cray, J., •who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the .amount demanded.
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Action transferred from the municipal court of Mankato to the district court for Blue Earth county, brought by the administrator of the estate of John J. Lewis, deceased, to recover from the Singer Sewing Machine Company the sum of $28, alleged to be the rent due upon certain leased premises. The case was tried before Cray, J., •who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for the .amount demanded. From an order denying a new trial, Humphrey Williams, who was substituted as defendant in the action, appealed. Reversed and remanded with direction to change the conclusion of law,…
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court of the county of Blue Earth denying the defendant Williams’ motion for a new trial in an action to recover the rent stipulated in a lease of certain real estate situate in the city of Mankato. The trial court upon the facts found, which are not here controverted, directed judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The sole question presented by the record is whether the plaintiff’s intestate, John J. Lewis, died. seised of the demised premises. If he did, the order appealed from was right; otherwise, erroneous.
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