Sinclair v. Investors Syndicate
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county by William C. Sinclair, doing business as Sinclair Advertising Co., to recover $225. Tbe case was tried before Steele, L, who wben plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. Erom an order granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
This action was brought to recover the amount of a bill for printing. At the close of plaintiff’s case, on motion of defendant, the trial court directed a verdict for defendant; but afterwards, on motion of plaintiff, made an order granting a new trial, and this appeal is from that order. If the evidence made the question of defendant’s liability a question for the jury, the new trial was properly granted.
The principal business of defendant is the issuance and sale of what it terms investment bonds. For several years it occupied a suite of office rooms in the Guaranty Loan Building…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Columbia Mill Co. v. National Bank of CommerceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Sandretto v. WahlstenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Cortland Wagon Co. v. SharvySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Barton-Parker Manufacturing Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Peterson v. Mille Lacs Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- Lindstrom v. Minnesota Liquid Fertilizer Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- Harmon v. Central Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
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