Lillegren v. William J. Burns International Detective Agency
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county against defendant corporation and Charles F. Trotter to recover $25,000. The ease was called for trial before Eish, J., who sustained the objection of defendants to the introduction of any evidence under the complaint and granted their motion to dismiss the action. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
The following will serve as a brief outline of the allegations in plaintiff’s complaint: That defendants operated a detective agency in the city of Minneapolis doing a general detective business for* hire, and held themselves out to the public as skilful in such business’ and in obtaining private information; that plaintiff employed them to obtain definite and certain information regarding the actions and habits of his wife and the places where she spent her time when away from home; that defendants *61agreed to investigate and secure the desired information; that plaintiff gave…
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