Jones v. King
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the district court for Wright county, Lochren, J., presiding, reversing' a justice’s judgment from which, the defendant had appealed on questions of law alone.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The only question 'in this case is whether the verdict is sufficient to sustain the judgment. The action was brought to recover $26.60, for board furnished by plaintiff to defendant at his special instance and request, which was reasonably worth that sum, and no part of which had been paid. The answer of defendant admits the furnishing of the board as alleged in the complaint, and als'o admits (by failing to deny) that it was worth the sum alleged; but alleges by way of defence that it was furnished under an express contract between plaintiff and one barren, (in whose employment defendant…
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