Van Doren v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Albert Bailey, from an order of the district court of Traverse county, G. L. Brown, J., made September 1, 1891, denying his motion for a new trial. Plaintiff, Bessie I. Van Doren, brought this action to recover possession of a span of horses and a harness, and obtained a verdict at the trial in June, 1891.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburoh, J.
The defendant resists plaintiff’s claim to the team of horses in controversy, on the ground that be bought them of one Prescott, who had previously purchased them of plaintiff through *306her husband, acting as her agent. Prescott was, at the time, occupying plaintiff’s farm, which, together with stock, teams, and implements, he had leased of her. At the close of the testimony a verdict was ordered for the plaintiff. Defendant claims, on this appeal, that there was evidence in his behalf sufficient to make a case for the jury. Conceding that there was evidence tending to establish the agency of…
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