Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Alcohol Fuel & Molasses Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered as upon a default resulting from an order striking out defendant’s answer because of its failure to obey a previous order of the court. This was a consequence of the following chain of circumstances: Upon oral stipulation between the attorneys, defendant by its president voluntarily appeared at the office of its attorney and submitted to an examination by plaintiff who, it was agreed, was to be furnished with a transcript by the defendant’s attorney. When the transcribed testimony was submitted to plaintiff’s attorney, a rather long statement made by…