Crawford v. Hurd Refrigerator Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the Hurd Befrigerator Company, a corporation, from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of Duluth, Eric L. Winje, J., made November 7, 1893, overruling its demurrer to the complaint.
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Appeal by defendant, the Hurd Befrigerator Company, a corporation, from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of Duluth, Eric L. Winje, J., made November 7, 1893, overruling its demurrer to the complaint. This action was commenced August 25, 1893. The complaint stated that on November 1, 1891, the plaintiff, Harry C. Crawford, agreed with defendant to solicit customers for it and to sell its goods for one year thereafter and it agreed to pay him therefor five per cent, of the price of all goods sold by him, that he performed the contract on his part and sold goods to the value of…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The municipal court of the city of Duluth is created by Sp. Laws 1891, ch. 53, by which it is given jurisdiction “of *189an action arising on contract for the recovery of money only, if the sum claimed does not exceed five hundred dollars.”
The sum claimed in the complaint, and for which plaintiff demands judgment, is the criterion. Barber v. Kennedy, 18 Minn. 216 (Gil. 196).
And it cannot make any difference whether the sum claimed consists wholly of principal, or partly of principal and partly of accrued interest, or whether the pleader makes the computation of interest, or leaves it to be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Barber v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
- Cooper v. ReaneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1860
- Union Bank v. SheaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Conger v. NesbittSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
3Cited by3 opinions
- Union Bank v. SheaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Juster v. Court of HonorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Parker v. BradfordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897