Dean v. St. Paul & Duluth Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, St. Paul and Duluth Eailroad Company, from a judgment of the District Court of Pine County, F. M. Crosby, J., entered December 3, 1892, against it for $27.98. One O. E. Peterson was at work for defendant as brakeman during March, 1892, for which it owed him $50.53. He owed the plaintiff, Michael C. Dean, five dollars for board, and gave him an order upon the Eailroad Company for that amount.
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Appeal by defendant, St. Paul and Duluth Eailroad Company, from a judgment of the District Court of Pine County, F. M. Crosby, J., entered December 3, 1892, against it for $27.98. One O. E. Peterson was at work for defendant as brakeman during March, 1892, for which it owed him $50.53. He owed the plaintiff, Michael C. Dean, five dollars for board, and gave him an order upon the Eailroad Company for that amount. The Company returned the order to plaintiff, saying it declined to collect claims against its employes. On April 15, 1892, Dean commenced this action against the Eailroad Company…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
One Peterson, who was in the employment of the defendant, was entitled to $50, the amount of his wages for March, 1892. On the 1st day of that month he gave an order to pláintiff, upon the defendant, directing the payment to him of $5, and to deduct the same from the amount of his wages for March. This order, after due presentation, the' defendant refused to recognize or pay.
It was determined in Canty v. Latterner, 31 Minn. 242, (17 N. W. Rep. 385,) in accordance with the weight of authority, that an assignment of a part interest in a demand or obligation may be *507made, and that the courts will…
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