Hanson v. Byrnes
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Meeker county, Qvale, J., overruling a demurrer to counterclaims set up in. defendant’s answer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The complaint purports to allege a cause of action for damages sustained by reason of the deceit and the fraudulent representations of the defendant as an attorney at law. The answer denied each allegation of the complaint, except the formal allegation that the defendant was an attorney at law and performed legal services for the plaintiff. It then alleged three separate counterclaims as follows: First, that between January 1, 1898, and January 1, 1903, the defendant at the request of the plaintiff performed services as an attorney at law for him, for which the plaintiff agreed to pay the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lawe v. HydeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Anderson Building, Loan Fund & Savings Ass'n v. ThompsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- First National Bank v. HowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Bausman v. WoodmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
3Cited by1 opinion
- Downer v. Union Land Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911