Coates v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Cass county to determine that defendant Hattie M. Cooper ivas the holder of the legal title to •certain lands in trust for plaintiffs and to require the execution of a conveyance of her interest in them. The substance of the complaint and the defenses set up in the answer will be found on pages 15 and 16, infra. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiffs.
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Action in the district court for Cass county to determine that defendant Hattie M. Cooper ivas the holder of the legal title to •certain lands in trust for plaintiffs and to require the execution of a conveyance of her interest in them. The substance of the complaint and the defenses set up in the answer will be found on pages 15 and 16, infra. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiffs. Defendant’s motion to amend the findings was denied. Erom the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendants, appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Prior to March 6,*1086, Josiah E. Hayward had been for many years engaged in logging and lumber operations, and had accumulated property of considerable value, including a logging outfit and timber lands in Cass county. His son, William H. Hayward, then 27 years old, had been employed by his father in his logging and hotel business, but without any stated salary, and he and his wife lived as members of the father’s family. On March 6, 1886, the father and son entered into an agreement of copartnership. The father contributed his timber lands, contracts, and outfit, and the son nothing, save his…
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- Ford v. FordSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- Morris v. McClarySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Lewis v. PrendergastSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- State ex rel. Slingerland v. NortonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
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