Legal Opinion

Burnside v. Craig

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 28, 1918No. 20,967PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $1,466.12 upon six promissory notes. From an order, Fester, J., sustaining defendants’ demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.

Plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. The material facts pleaded and held by the trial court not to constitute a cause of action are as follows:

May 22, 1916, defendants executed to plaintiff six promissory notes, one for $125, due August 1, 1916, one for $520, due August 1, 1917, and four others each for the same amount, due respectively August 1, 1918, August 1, 1919, August 1, 1920, and August 1, 1921. Each note bore interest at 6 per cent payable semiannually. A mortgage to secure the notes was executed on the same (date. It contained the usual power of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. White v. MillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
  2. Wilson v. EigenbrodtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
  3. Grant v. Winona & Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  4. Hall v. McCormickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
  5. Dickinson v. KinneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1861

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Winne v. LahartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
  2. Baird v. MeyerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Jordan v. Flour City Fuel & Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  4. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. PaustSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
  5. Poultrymen's Service Corp. v. BrownNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1962

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