Farmers Co-operative Equity Co. v. Payne
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $30.90 for loss of grain while in transit. Defendant appeared specially and prayed that the service of the summons be vacated. This application was denied. The case was tried before C. L. Smith, J., who overruled defendant’s objection to the -introduction of any testimony on the ground that defendant was not properly in court, made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff.
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Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $30.90 for loss of grain while in transit. Defendant appeared specially and prayed that the service of the summons be vacated. This application was denied. The case was tried before C. L. Smith, J., who overruled defendant’s objection to the -introduction of any testimony on the ground that defendant was not properly in court, made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant’s motion to set aside the findings and conclusions and dismiss the action, was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for…
1Per curiam
The defendant appeals from a judgment rendered by the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis for the loss, while in transit, of a quantity of grain shipped from Isabel, Kansas, to Hutchinson, Kansas, over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ¡Railway while under Federal control. The'railway company neither owns nor operates any line of railway in this state, but maintains, in this state, an agent for the solicitation of freight and passenger traffic over its lines outside of this state. It does no business in this state except to maintain such resident agent and solicit such traffic. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- W. J. Armstrong Co. v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Rishmiller v. Denver & Rio Grande RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Callaghan v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Lagergren v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Merchants Elevator Co. v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
3Cited by5 opinions
- Davis v. Farmers Co-Operative Equity Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Schendel ex rel. Schendel v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- Standard Oil Co. v. Superior CourtSupreme Court of Delaware · 1948
- Itasca Roller Mills v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- Thompson v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922