Northern Timber Products Co. v. Stone-Ordean-Wells Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $31,150 for conversion and $10 per month- rental. The case was tried before Dancer, J., who when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the first cause of action, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of defendant. Prom an order denying its motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.'
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The facts in this ease, so far as material to an understanding of the questions involved on the appeal, are substantially as follows: Defendant, a corporation, brought suit against A. M. Eklund and C. A. Weatherby, copartners under the firm name of Eklund & Weatherby, in the district court of St. Louis county to .recover upon an indebtedness due from *70them which they had failed to pay. At the time the action was so commenced a writ of attachment was sued out, under which the timber products involved in this action were attached by the sheriff of Eoseau county, wherein the property was located.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Anderson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Gordon v. FreemanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Home Insurance v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920