Legal Opinion

Palmer v. Degan

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided October 16, 1894No. 9088PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by defendant, William Degan, from an order of the Municipal Court of the City of St. Paul, John Twohy, Jr., J., made April 14, 1894, denying his motion for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.

The plaintiff, in his complaint, alleges that he was the owner of a promissory note made by Lizzie Logan to him for $39, dated April 25, 1893, due in sixty days after date, and that on No*506vember 18, 1893, the defendant wrongfully obtained and got possession of the note, and willfully destroyed the same, and appropriated the same to his own use, and demands $49 damages. The answer-is a general denial.

On the trial before the court without a jury the plaintiff introduced evidence tending to prove that he had this note, and gave it. to a collector to collect; that the maker had married the…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Erickson v. Minnesota & Ontario Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  2. Nickerson v. Wells-Stone Mercantile Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
  3. Singer Manuf'g Co. v. PottsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
  4. Smith v. National Credit InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
  5. Kramer v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907

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