Dobson v. Hallowell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, Morris L. Hallowell, Jr., and Samuel P. Snider, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, William Lochren, J., entered April 6, 1892, against them for $10,-295.82. Action brought by John Dobson and James Dobson, partners, upon two promissory notes. The defendants filed and served a verified answer. On motion this answer was stricken out as sham, and judgment was entered as for want of an answer. From that judgment this appeal is taken.
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Appeal by defendants, Morris L. Hallowell, Jr., and Samuel P. Snider, from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County, William Lochren, J., entered April 6, 1892, against them for $10,-295.82. Action brought by John Dobson and James Dobson, partners, upon two promissory notes. The defendants filed and served a verified answer. On motion this answer was stricken out as sham, and judgment was entered as for want of an answer. From that judgment this appeal is taken. The doctrine laid down in Morton v. Jackson, 2 Minn. 219, (Gil. ISO.) that denials of material allegations could not be…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
This action is to recover against the defendants as makers of two promissory notes, each for the sum of $5,000, alleged to have been made by the defendants, partners, payable to the order of the defendant Snider, by him indorsed and negotiated, and of which the plaintiffs are alleged to have become the owners before maturity. A verified answer was interposed, purporting to put in issue the alleged partnership of the plaintiffs; admitting the partnership of the defendants; admitting the signing of the notes by the defendants, and the indorsed signature of Snider; but alleging that there was no…
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