Canellos v. Zotalis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Blue Earth county to recover $25,000. The substance of the pleadings will be found at the beginning of the opinion. The case was tried before Comstock, L, when the proceedings narrated in the sixth paragraph of the opinion took place. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
Appeal from an order denying a new trial after the dismissal of an action for damages for the wrongful acts of the defendant, alleged in the complaint as follows:
Plaintiff is engaged in business at Mankato in this state as a confectioner and retail dealer in cigars and conducts a pool-room in connection therewith. Defendant is a business competitor. For two or three years prior to the commencement of this action defendant has endeavored to destroy plaintiff’s business and compel him to abandon it. To accomplish his purpose, he purchased the building occupied by plaintiff under a lease…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Tuttle v. BuckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Joyce v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Ertz v. Produce ExchangeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Plummer v. MoldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Roraback v. Motion Picture Machine Operators UnionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
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