Kelley v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,450, the balance alleged to be due upon án oral contract by which plaintiff was to be paid a commission of fifty cents per acre for all lands sold through his instrumentality. The case was tried before Holt, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the amount demanded. From an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
•START, c. J.
This action was brought in the district court of the county of Henne-pin to recover from the defendants, who were partners under the firm name of Hopkins & Russell, $1,600, less a payment thereon of $150, for the alleged services of the plaintiff as agent of the defendants in finding purchasers for certain Canadian lands. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The defendants appealed from an order denying their joint motion for a new trial.
The assignments of error raise the questions whether the verdict is sustained by the evidence, whether the trial court erred in its…
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- Steinbauer v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
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- Miller v. AdamsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
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