Morton Brick & Tile Co. v. Sodergren
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $90,-000. When the case was called for trial plaintiff’s motion to transfer the cause from the court calendar to the jury calendar was denied, Fish, J. When the case was thereafter reached for trial plaintiff’s demand for a jury was denied, Steele, J., and the plaintiff refused to submit any evidence without a jury. Defendant’s motion to dismiss the action for want of prosecution was granted.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $90,-000. When the case was called for trial plaintiff’s motion to transfer the cause from the court calendar to the jury calendar was denied, Fish, J. When the case was thereafter reached for trial plaintiff’s demand for a jury was denied, Steele, J., and the plaintiff refused to submit any evidence without a jury. Defendant’s motion to dismiss the action for want of prosecution was granted. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
The complaint alleges that defendant was president, treasurer, general manager and a director in plaintiff corporation; that an agreement was made by which defendant agreed to finance the corporation, provide it with sufficient funds to carry on its business and pay its debts as they matured; that mortgages for $24,000 upon the company’s real and personal property were given him to secure such advances; that defendant, in violation of his agreement, incurred debts in the name of the corporation in the sum of $20,000, fraudulently neglected and refused to pay the same or to finance the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cogswell v. . N.Y., N.H. H.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Board of County Commissioners v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Guilder v. Town of OtsegoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1873
- Peters v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Greenleaf v. EganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Abraham v. County of HennepinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- Indianhead Truck Line, Inc. v. Hvidsten Transport, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- Tyroll v. Private Label Chemicals, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
- Olson v. Synergistic Technologies Business Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
- Schweich v. Ziegler, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
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