Foot, Schulze & Co. v. Porter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county. John P. Galbraith and John P. Galbraith, as trustee, were garnisheed. 0. G. Kinney, as trastee in bankruptcy of Robert R. Porter, bankrupt, intervened. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Dickson, J., and a jury which returned a verdict that there was a partnership agreement existing between Robert R. Porter and George H. Porter.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county. John P. Galbraith and John P. Galbraith, as trustee, were garnisheed. 0. G. Kinney, as trastee in bankruptcy of Robert R. Porter, bankrupt, intervened. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Dickson, J., and a jury which returned a verdict that there was a partnership agreement existing between Robert R. Porter and George H. Porter. From an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, intervener appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The garnishee having disclosed his possession of a fund realized from property which had been turned over to him by the defendants, and that this fund was claimed by 0. G. Kinney, the trustee in bankruptcy of one of the defendants, the court directed such trustee to intervene and assert his claim, or be barred. Thereupon Kinney served a complaint in intervention, which plaintiff answered. The issues material to a disposition of the appeal presented by the pleadings may thus be briefly stated: *226The intervener alleged that the defendant Robert R. Porter prior to June 10, 1914, as sole trader,…
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