Robie v. Holdahl

Olsen, C.

Defendant appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The action is one to recover an assessment upon shares of stock held by the defendant in the Roseau Co-operative Company, a Minnesota corporation, hereinafter referred to as the company or the Roseau company. The case ivas tried before the court without a jury and plaintiff recovered.

The defense presented is in substance that in 1922 the company gave a trust deed of all its property to its creditors, wherein this plaintiff was named as trustee, for the purpose of having such property converted into money and the…