Culver v. Banning
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Ramsey county, and was tried before a referee, whose conclusion of law upon the facts found by him was, “ that the plaintiffs have no cause of action.” A motion for a new trial was made by the plaintiffs before the court, and from its order 'denying such motion they appeal.
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This action was brought in the district court for Ramsey county, and was tried before a referee, whose conclusion of law upon the facts found by him was, “ that the plaintiffs have no cause of action.” A motion for a new trial was made by the plaintiffs before the court, and from its order 'denying such motion they appeal. I. When several persons promise to contribute, to a comnion object, which they wish to accomplish, the promise of each is a good consideration for the promises of the others. Incurring expenses and assuming liabilities in consequence of a promise, are a sufficient…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Ripley, Ch. J.
The plaintiffs insist that the agreement of the defendant to give the sum set opposite his name, was made upon a legal and valid consideration. To induce Winslow to build a hotel for himself on a certain site, which appears from the subscription paper itself to have been the object of the subscription, does not appear in this case to have been a matter of public interest; nor is it shown that the* defendant had therein any pecuniary interest. An agreement with Winslow to give him a certain sum to induce him to purchase himself a suit of clothes, would not have been…
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- Trustees of Phillips Limerick Academy v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
3Cited by6 opinions
- Farmers Co-Operative Assn. of Bertha v. KotzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- Wilcox v. LandbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Gilbert v. GonyeaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Lathrop v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Stapp v. ClydeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
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