Benton v. Minneapolis Tailoring & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by plaintiff, as assignee of William A. McLeod, insolvent, against the Minneapolis Tailoring & Manufacturing Company, William A. McLeod, Frederick S. Pratt and Benjamin F. Ellison to set aside an alleged fraudulent sale of personal property, and to recover the value of said property, alleged to be $10,000. The cause was tried before McGee, J., without a jury, and judgment was ordered in favor of plaintiff against each of the…
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county by plaintiff, as assignee of William A. McLeod, insolvent, against the Minneapolis Tailoring & Manufacturing Company, William A. McLeod, Frederick S. Pratt and Benjamin F. Ellison to set aside an alleged fraudulent sale of personal property, and to recover the value of said property, alleged to be $10,000. The cause was tried before McGee, J., without a jury, and judgment was ordered in favor of plaintiff against each of the defendants for the sum of $9,600. From an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appealed. The principal…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Defendant company was duly incorporated under the laws of this state June 26, 1896; its business being the manufacture of clothing. Defendants McLeod and Ellison married sisters of defendant Pratt, and these three gentlemen were the original incorporators, shareholders and first board of directors. Ellison was president, and Pratt held the offices of secretary and treasurer.
For some years prior to the incorporation, McLeod had been a wholesale dealer in woolens at Minneapolis, and had also carried on a merchant tailoring establishment in the same city under the name of the Nicholson Tailoring…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Reisan v. MottSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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