Johnstown Land Co. v. Brainerd Brewing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Crow Wing county to recover $5,000 on a promissory note. The separate answer of defendant corporation and of Werner Hemstead alleged that the note sued upon was made and delivered to plaintiff as part of the purchase -price of a certain stock of intoxicating liquors and the good will of a saloon business then being conducted at Julesburg, the same together with the city of Brainerd, where the note was made, being within the exterior…
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Action in the district court for Crow Wing county to recover $5,000 on a promissory note. The separate answer of defendant corporation and of Werner Hemstead alleged that the note sued upon was made and delivered to plaintiff as part of the purchase -price of a certain stock of intoxicating liquors and the good will of a saloon business then being conducted at Julesburg, the same together with the city of Brainerd, where the note was made, being within the exterior boundaries of the territory ceded to the United States by the Chippewa Treaty of February 22, 1855, the stock of liquors having…
1Opinion of the CourtHallaM, J.
Julesburg, Crow Wing county, is in territory covered by the Chippewa Indian treaty of May 22, 1855, which forbids the introduction of intoxicating liquor into certain “Indian country.” In June, 1913, Jule J amie-son owned a saloon at Julesburg which he was operating in contravention of the treaty. Jamieson was willing to dispose of his saloon, including *293its stock of liquors, for $10,000. The defendant Brainerd Brewing Company was selling beer to Jamieson, so was the Fitger Brewing Company of Duluth. Colonel Sehall was office manager of the Fitger Company, and, in connection with his duties as…
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