First National Bank v. St. Croix Boom Corp.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the municipal court of Still-water, overruling its demurrer to the complaint in an action for the. conversion of 17,000 feet of logs of the value of $ 136.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The only allegation in the complaint as to plaintiff’s right to or interest in the property alleged to have been wrongfully converted is “that the plaintiff, in the regular course of business, and to effect the payment of money already loaned and a debt owing, took an assignment of the logs marked F. D. A., and of the logs .bearing said mark, on or about the 9th of February, 1884, and then and thereby became, and ever since has continued to be, the owner of all the logs bearing said mark.” The pleader might have contented himself with a general allegation of ownership, but he has…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hough v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1864
3Cited by3 opinions
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