Lough v. Bragg
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Tbe plaintiff in this case appeals from an order of the district court for Scott county, denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict which had been' rendered in the action for tbe defendants. Tbe case is fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Berry, J.
This action is brought upon a promissory note in form as follows: “ On the 8th day of May, A. D. 1868,1 promise to pay James W. Lough three hundred and sixty dollars and forty-seven cents, for value received, in real estate in town one hundred and fourteen, range twenty-three, section nineteen, Scott county, state of Minnesota, deed even date herewith.
Witness my hand December 17th, 1867.
J. Bragg.
William Yarner, Surety.”
The defence set up in the answer, is that plaintiff and one Dickerson agreed to construct for defendant Bragg, a house upon a lot owned by plaintiff, to…
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