Robertson Lumber Co. v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to recover from defendants Cameron Anderson and Kenneth C. Hunter, $301.81, for goods sold. Anderspn alone appeared and answered. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant Anderson appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This was an action by the plaintiff and respondent to recover from ■the defendants Anderson and Hunter, copartners as Anderson & Hunter, $301.81, for lumber sold the defendants between July 24 and October 5, 1894. The plaintiff, to avoid the bar of the statute of limitations, alleged that defendants paid one dollar on account on November 22, 1900. Defendant Hunter defaulted. Defendant and appellant Anderson in his answer set up the bar of the statute as to himself. The evidence showed his residence in Minnesota for more than six years after the account became due. Accordingly the right of…
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