Robbins v. Blanding
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Becker county to recover $423.50, and interest, for money paid by plaintiffs to the use of defendant at his request. The case was tried before Baxter, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of defendant. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START C. J.
This is an action to recover from the defendant $423.50, which the plaintiffs allege they were compelled to pay for him in the execution of a contract, made for him by them as his brokers, for the sale of seven hundred bushels of flax for future delivery, which he failed to deliver. The answer, in legal effect, is a general denial. At the close of the evidence the plaintiffs requested the trial court to direct a verdict for them for the amount claimed and interest. The court denied the request, the plaintiffs excepting, and submitted the case to the jury, which returned a verdict…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Heyn v. O'HagenMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
3Cited by2 opinions
- Haedge v. GaverSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Conolly v. FosterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932