Legal Opinion

Grimestad v. Lofgren

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 7, 1908No. Nos. 15,665-(139)PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Action in the district court for Clay county to recover $1,000 for the alleged wrongful levy of an attachment upon a horse and for damages resulting therefrom. The case was tried before Baxter, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $100. From an order denying defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, they appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.

For about five years prior to the events herein narrated Louis Grimestad resided with his family upon a farm in Becker county, *287Minnesota, known as the “Showalter Farm.” Intending to remove with his family to North Dakota, where he had made arrangements for establishing a new home, Grimestad on April 8, 1907, held an auction sale of his personal property, at which he disposed of all his horses but one gray team. Showalter had a mortgage upon this team, and Grimestad informed him that he intended to remove to Dakota, and Showalter thereupon filed his mortgage in Dakota. Grimestad was indebted…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Cahill v. EastmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
  2. Paul v. FargoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  3. Luby v. BennettWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Mann v. TaylorSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
  5. Berg v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884

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