Minnesota Linseed Oil Co. v. Montague & Smith

i. practice courT/sSre stance.’ I. It is alleged in the petition that the money was deposited with defendants upon a parol contract that it was to be paid out by them only on checks or tickets issued by Yalentine, on the purchase of flaxseed. On the trial plaintiff offered in evidence certain letters written by its treasurer to defendants, covering remittances, and which, as plaintiff claims, contained certain specifications as to the manner in which the money remitted should be applied. Defendants objected to the introduction of these letters, on the ground that, as plaintiff had alleged…