Ehrmanntraut v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants Sever Robinson, Oluf Larson, A. S. Hervin and Torkild Wilson, from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of St. Paul, Twohy, J., made September 22, 1S92, denying their motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by defendants Sever Robinson, Oluf Larson, A. S. Hervin and Torkild Wilson, from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of St. Paul, Twohy, J., made September 22, 1S92, denying their motion for a new trial. On May 14, 1886, the plaintiff, Joseph Ehrmanntraut, Jr., by an instrument in writing under seal, leased to Sever Robinson and Oluf Larson, two of the defendants, as trustees of Nora Grove No. 23 of U. A. O. D., a.hall in the third story of a building in St. Paul for five years. They therein agreed to pay as rent $25 monthly in advance. The other defendants were members of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought on the covenants of a lease to recover rent for the last eight months of the term, viz. from September 1, 1890, to May 1, 1891. The evidence discloses the following facts: Nora Grove No. 23, U. A. O. D., of which the defendants were members, was an unincorporated association or society of individuals, formed for social and benevolent purposes, and not for gain or pecuniary profit. Among other officers, they had three trustees, of whom defendants Eobinson and Larson were two. The scope and extent of the powers and duties of these trustees was to take charge of the…
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