Leonard v. Farrington
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In garnishment proceedings against the county of Le Sueur in the district court for that county, the garnishee disclosed that its county commissioners had allowed four bills to defendant, but that the warrants which had been drawn had not been delivered.
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In garnishment proceedings against the county of Le Sueur in the district court for that county, the garnishee disclosed that its county commissioners had allowed four bills to defendant, but that the warrants which had been drawn had not been delivered. The First National Bank of Waterville intervened and in its complaint alleged a purchase by it from defendant of the bills in question; that the written bills were duly assigned to it; that defendant had no interest in them or to the proceeds thereof since they were so assigned; and that it thereafter notified the garnishee of such…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, O.
Defendant, the publisher of the Waterville Advance, entered into a contract with the county of Le Sueur to publish in the Advance, at prices specified in the contract, the financial statement and the notices and other matter which the county is required to publish in a newspaper. He made out four bills against the county for the agreed price of certain work performed under this contract, and sold and assigned them to the intervener, the First National Bank of Waterville, on January 26, 1912. The bills with the assignments indorsed thereon were filed with the county auditor by the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dickson v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Bates v. B. B. Richards Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- O'Connor v. MeehanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Quigley v. WelterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Telford v. HenricksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
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