Beebe v. Wilkinson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
' Plaintiff brought this action, in the district court for Goodhue county,' to recover the value of a stock of millinery goods, alleged to have been converted by defendant.
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' Plaintiff brought this action, in the district court for Goodhue county,' to recover the value of a stock of millinery goods, alleged to have been converted by defendant. The answer denies plaintiff’s ownership, the value of the goods as alleged in the complaint and the conversion by defendant, and sets up title in defendant to the goods mentioned, and also to a larger stock of goods of the same character commingled with the former, acquired under a- chattel mortgage given to defendant by one Maud Beebe, plaintiff’s sister, who, at the time of making the mortgage, was the owner and was in…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
Upon the issues made by the pleadings, there was sufficient evidence to support the verdict in plaintiff’s favor. If the jury believed the evidence of plaintiff and Maud Beebe, his sister, who mortgaged the goods in question to defendant, they belonged to plaintiff, and there was no basis for an estoppel against him, growing out of his alleged admissions or conduct in the premises. The property, a stock of millinery goods, had been in the possession of Maud Beebe, with whom plaintiff resided. The evidence in defendant’s behalf tended to show that he took the mortgage without notice of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pence v. ArbuckleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
- Blair v. . WaitNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Coleman v. PearceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
- Gould v. ConwayNew York Supreme Court · 1871
- Newell v. HoultonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
3Cited by7 opinions
- Stevens v. LudlumSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Kiewel v. TannerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- McLeod-nash Motors, Inc. v. Commercial Credit TrustSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932
- Reitz v. HaywardMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- Thompson v. BorgSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
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