Johnson v. Fehsefeldt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Grant county to recover possession of certain crops or $250, their value, and for $100 damages. The substance of the pleadings is stated in the opinion. The reply was a general denial. The case was tried before Flaherty, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $68.34. From an order denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict or for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This action was brought to recover possession of four hundred thirty-three bushels of wheat, four hundred seventy-two bushels of oats, and five hundred thirty-one bushels of flax, alleged to have been in appellant’s possession in his granary on his farm, upon which respondents had filed a lien for the threshing bill, amounting to $133.-27, at the agreed price of ten cents per bushel for the wheat, six cents per bushel for oats, and fifteen cents per bushel for the flax.
*119In defense, the answer set np a contract that appellant agreed to pay the amounts per bushel above stated, in consideration…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Johnson v. HillstromSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Rosby v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Larson v. SchmausSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Griggs v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1866
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Forney v. Farmers Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930