Gamble-Robinson Commission Co. v. Whitaker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county against John L. Whitaker and another, doing business under the name of John B. Hoxsie & Company, to recover $1,251.30 for conversion. The answer admitted the existence of plaintiff corporation and that defendants were copartners, but denied the other allegations of the complaint.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county against John L. Whitaker and another, doing business under the name of John B. Hoxsie & Company, to recover $1,251.30 for conversion. The answer admitted the existence of plaintiff corporation and that defendants were copartners, but denied the other allegations of the complaint. The case was tried before Orr, J., who at the close of the testimony denied plaintiff’s motion to direct a verdict in its favor, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of defendant. Erom an order denying the motion for judgment in favor of plaintiff or for a new…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action in conversion to recover the value of a certain quantity of eggs alleged to have been wrongfully converted by defendant. The facts are stated in Ammon v. Gamble-Robinson Commission Co. Ill *80Minn. 452, 127 N. W. 448, where the same controversy, though between different parties, was before the court. Defendant had a verdict, and plaintiff appealed from an order denying its motion for judgment or a new trial. To an understanding of the present case we restate the facts in reduced form.
On August 5, 1909, plaintiff, a corporation, was the owner of one hundred fifty cases of eggs then stored…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ammon v. Gamble-Robinson Commission Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Disbarment of Essie W. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- Gamble-Robinson Commission Co. v. WhitakerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912