Hall v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover on a contract guarantying the fidelity of an employee. The case was tried before McGee, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $211.53; and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
Defendant is, and at the times hereinafter stated was, a corporation engaged in the business of guarantying the honesty and fidelity of persons in the employ of others, and plaintiff, Hall', was engaged in the business of buying and selling potatoes and other produce. His place of business was at Minneapolis, but he pur^ chased potatoes in the country towns tributary thereto. On March 9, 1898, one Newton, a stranger to plaintiff, applied to him for employment as a purchaser of potatoes for plaintiff, as his agent, on commission, at River Falls, Wisconsin. Defendant had been in the habit of…
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