Lindeke v. McArthur's, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
McArthur’s Shoe Store, Incorporated, filed its petition and claim in the above entitled action, then pending in the district court for Ramsey county, for $2,753.30, for money received by defendant from the sale of merchandise in the department conducted by claimant, and prayed that the court would direct the receivers of defendant to pay over the amount to claimant, or, if the court determined that the above amount was not of the nature of a trust fund, that petitioner might…
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McArthur’s Shoe Store, Incorporated, filed its petition and claim in the above entitled action, then pending in the district court for Ramsey county, for $2,753.30, for money received by defendant from the sale of merchandise in the department conducted by claimant, and prayed that the court would direct the receivers of defendant to pay over the amount to claimant, or, if the court determined that the above amount was not of the nature of a trust fund, that petitioner might be permitted to file its claim in the same amount. The receivers filed an answer to the claim. The matter of the claim…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The appeal in this case turns upon the proper construction of a lease in respect to the amount of rent due, the floor space leased having been destroyed, before the expiration of the term, by a fire. The court having decided the case against the lessee’s contention, it appeals from the judgment.
Prior to December 30, 1911, McArthur’s, Incorporated, a corporation, was conducting a department store in buildings leased by it in St. Paul, and had sublet- to another corporation floor- space, wherein a shoe department had been carried on. A change was desired and on the last-named date the…
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- Harvey v. WeisbaumCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
- Wilder v. PeabodySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Porter v. TullWashington Supreme Court · 1893
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