Cummings v. Baars
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Stearns, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $2,588.79, for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought to recover certain commissions for examining and entering certain pine lands, and for services performed in superintending the cutting and driving of logs. The defendant pleaded, among other things, a settlement upon which he paid plaintiff $2,517.52, which the latter agreed in writing to accept *351in full of all demands. Plaintiff, in reply, admitted signing a receipt in full, but alleged that defendant procured his signature thereto by fraud and misrepresentation. The evidence showed that in the autumn of 1881 the parties made a contract, by which the plaintiff was to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kellogg v. RichardsNew York Supreme Court · 1835
- Coon v. . KnapNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Sloan v. BeckerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Morris v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
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- Northern Drug Co. v. AbbettSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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