Hackett v. Hammel

Stone, J.. Action by payee against maker of a promissory note. The trial without a jury resulted in a decision for defendant. Plaintiff appeals from the order denying his motion for amended findings or a new trial.

In 1918 defendant was engaged in litigation wherein the stake was an interest in a northern Minnesota iron mine. Plaintiff advanced $705 to aid defendant in the prosecution of the case, in the language of the findings, “pursuant to an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant that if said defendant was successful in said litigation, the defendant would pay to plaintiff ten…