Legal Opinion

Western Newspaper Union v. Segerstrom Piano Manufacturing Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 14, 1912No. Nos. 17,645—(124)PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $748.80 for advertising claimed to have been furnished between October 17 and 22, 1910. The case was tried before Holt, J., who denied defendant’s motions to dismiss the action and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $792.25. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.

This was an action to recover for advertising alleged to have been furnished and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, between October 17 and October 22, 1910, at its request, of the reasonable value and at the agreed price of $748.80, of which no part has been paid. The answer was in effect a general denial. The cause was tried to a jury, and the plaintiff had a verdict for the amount of its claim. Thereafter the defendant moved in the alternative for judgment or for a new trial. The motion was denied, and the defendant appealed.

During the trial the plaintiff, on the defendant’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. I. L. Elwood Manufacturing Co. v. BetcherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Meagher v. KavliSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  2. Foster v. DwireNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Isaacs v. WishnickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
  4. Shake v. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
  5. Kenyon Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919

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