Haarstad v. Gates
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $800 for fraud. Defendant demurred to the complaint. From an order, Dickinson, J., overruling the demurrer, defendant appealed.
1Per curiam
The appeal is from an order overruling a general demurrer to the complaint.
It was alleged that the plaintiff, Haarstad, took one Peterson, who was afflicted with deforming rheumatism, to the so-called Gates Sanitarium, in the city of Minneapolis, and that the defendant, Gates, then examined Peterson and represented to the plaintiff that he (Gates) was a physician skilled and experienced in the treatment of persons suffering from diseases and physical infirmities, and was possessed of a certain secret power to cure diseases; that he was able to and could cure said Peterson of said deforming…
2Cited by2 opinions
- McElrath v. Electric Investments Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Buchanan v. DuganDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951