Ladd v. Newell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from two orders of the district court for Renville ■county, Webber, J., presiding, the first granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial unless the defendants should stipulate that judgment might be entered for plaintiff for $18.80, the value of certain bags, and the second denying the motion for a new trial, the defendants having made the stipulation.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of a quantity of wheat alleged to have been wrongfully taken from her possession by defendants. The defendants Geo. R. Newell & Co. are judgment creditors of Jos. W. Ladd, who is the husband of plaintiff, and the wheat was levied on and taken by the sheriff under an execution upon a judgment in their favor against him. The jury found for the defendants upon the issue raised as to the ownership of the property, which necessarily involved a finding that the plaintiff’s claim of title was merely a cover or protection used by J. W. Ladd to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Knapp v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Hossfeldt v. DillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- McDonald v. City of Red WingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
- Paul v. SlasonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1850
3Cited by10 opinions
- Genzel v. HalvorsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- Greene v. MathiowetzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
- Price v. GriegerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Irish v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Hoover v. CarverSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
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