Cornish & Co. v. West
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, John K. West, George D. Hamilton, E. F. Harris and Detroit Dairy Association, from an order of the district court for Becker county, Baxter, J., denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
This action was brought to recover on a contract to enforce a builder’s lien on a creamery and forty acres of land. Demurrers to the complaint were entered by the defendants, which were originally sustained by the trial court, but upon appeal to this court it was held that the liability of fifteen defendants had been limited to $100 each, and that eleven other individual defendants were! severally liable to pay one-eleventh of $1,300 of the purchase price of the property, which was a lien upon the interest of each therein. Cornish & Co. v. West, 82 Minn. 107, 84 N. W. 750.
After remand and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Burns v. PhinneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Coit v. WaplesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1854
- In re the Probate of the Will of AllenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
- Cornish & Co. v. WestSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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- Union Trust Co. v. Poor & Alexander, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1935
- Goodspeed v. BowlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- Welch v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905