Hawkins v. Langum
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county against the sheriff of that county to recover $818.50 for conversion. The substance of the answer will be found in the opinion. From an order, Holt, J., overruling plaintiff’s demurrer to the answer, M appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action for conversion. The complaint alleged that on the day therein named the plaintiff -was the owner and in possession of twenty-two half barrels of malt, six dozen bottles of Purity malt, one bar, one back bar, and one ice box, which the defendant, as sheriff of the county of Hennepin, wrongfully took from plaintiff’s possession, and thereafter destroyed the liquor, and sold the balance of the personal property, and converted the proceeds to his own use.
The answer admitted that the plaintiff, was the owner of the property, and that the defendant, as sheriff, took it from his possession,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. StoffelsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- State v. HansonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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