Stein v. Swensen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county against -the defendant Swensen, sheriff of the county, and David W. Knowl"ton, to recover for the conversion of three carriages, claimed by plaintiff under two chattel mortgages from H. C. Vaughn' & Co. Defence, "that the property was taken by the defendant Swensen, as sheriff of the county, by virtue of a writ of attachment in an action brought against H. C. Vaughn & Co. by the National Bank of Commerce; that on…
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Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county against -the defendant Swensen, sheriff of the county, and David W. Knowl"ton, to recover for the conversion of three carriages, claimed by plaintiff under two chattel mortgages from H. C. Vaughn' & Co. Defence, "that the property was taken by the defendant Swensen, as sheriff of the county, by virtue of a writ of attachment in an action brought against H. C. Vaughn & Co. by the National Bank of Commerce; that on September 15, 1888, (three days after the levy,) the debtors made an assignment in insolvency to defendant David W. Knowlton,…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
This case was here once before on an appeal from an order denying a new trial after a verdict for defendants, and is reported in 44 Minn. 218, (46 N. W. Rep. 360.) Reference is made to the opinion therein reported for a general statement of the case. After a second trial, ending in a verdict for the plaintiff, this appeal is brought from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial. The assignments of error are very numerous, but they may be referred to comparatively few propositions.
The loans were made in behalf of plaintiff, a non-resident of the state, by his agent, Henry Stein,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Acheson v. ChaseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Adamson v. WigginsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Stein v. SwensenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Avery v. CreighSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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- Hawkins v. SaubySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- Lassman v. JacobsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Midland Loan Finance Co. v. LorentzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
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