McCurdy v. Wallblom Furniture & Carpet Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey County to recover from defendant $600 for conversion of household goods. The case was tried before Olin B. Rewis, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $350. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
HAGGARD, H.
The pleadings in this case were framed to present issues in conversion. The plaintiff and respondent took his goods to the retail furniture store of the defendant and appellant for storage. The charge was agreed upon. The defendant explained that his warehouse, in which the goods were to be stored, was situated in another part of the city. With this knowledge, the plaintiff wanted the defendant to take his goods and store them, to which the latter assented. Thereupon the plaintiff took the goods in wagons hired by himself to the warehouse aforesaid, and saw them stored therein. At…
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