Public Bank v. Burchard
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against Knox-Burchard Mercantile Company, Gustavus C. Knox, Simeon J. Burehard and Adrian M. Knox to recover $7,500 upon a promissory note. The separate answer of defendant corporation denied that it executed, negotiated or delivered the note, and denied that it ever received any consideration for the same.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county against Knox-Burchard Mercantile Company, Gustavus C. Knox, Simeon J. Burehard and Adrian M. Knox to recover $7,500 upon a promissory note. The separate answer of defendant corporation denied that it executed, negotiated or delivered the note, and denied that it ever received any consideration for the same. The 'case was tried before Brill, J., who at the close of the testimony denied the motion of plaintiff for a directed verdict against the defendant corporation and the motion of defendant corporation and S. J. Burchard for a directed verdict…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Plaintiff brought suit upon a promissory note for the sum of $7,500, and recovered a verdict against the defendants, Knox-Burchard Mercantile Company and S. J. Burchard. The trial court granted a new trial to defendant company, but denied a new trial to defendant Burchard. He appealed.
The Knox-Burchard Mercantile Company is a Minnesota corporation which was engaged in the wholesale mercantile business in the city of St. Paul until it went into the hands of a receiver. G. C. Knox, A. M. Knox and S. J. Burchard were respectively the president, vice-president and secretary of the…
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