Busack v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Yellow Medicine county to recover possession of certain personal property or for $596.92, the value thereof, and $100 damages.
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Action in the district court for Yellow Medicine county to recover possession of certain personal property or for $596.92, the value thereof, and $100 damages. The ease was tried before Qvale, J., who when plaintiff rested denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $419.17 in favor of plaintiff and that defendant was entitled to the return of three calves or the sum of $63. From an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSchaller, J.
The plaintiff claims to be the.owner and entitled to the immediate possession of certain personal property, the possession whereof is detained from him by the defendant. He also alleges certain facts showing title in himself, and sets up a demand for the return of the property and a refusal by the defendant. The defendant alleges that the property was purchased from the plaintiff and that the ownership and possession are rightfully in the defendant. The reply denies this.
On the trial, plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show that he had made a contract with the defendant for the sale of…
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