Lindquist v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Brill, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and verdict in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action to recover from the defendant, as an undisclosed principal, for labor and material performed and furnished by the plaintiff in decorating and repairing her house, pursuant to an alleged contract made for her by her husband, Joseph M. Dickson.
The complaint alleged, in effect, that at the time the contract was entered into with the husband he was in fact acting as agent for his wife, the defendant, bút he failed to disclose to the plaintiff the fact of such agency, or the fact that she was the real party in interest and owned the house, the decorating and improvement of which was *371the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Pederson v. ChristoffersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
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