Legal Opinion

Lamson v. Coffin

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 13, 1907No. Nos. 15,300—(78)Published

Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $440' upon a contract. From an order, Cant, J., overruling defendant’s demurrer to the amended complaint, defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

Appeal from an order overruling a general demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint. The complaint alleges that on February 18, 1902, defendant sold and transferred to one Geo. H. Rogers a soldier’s additional homestead certificate theretofore issued to Catherine E. McLaughlin and by her assigned to Edgar A. Coffin, who held title thereto for defendant, for the consideration of $440, which Rogers then paid. It further alleges that, to induce Rogers to purchase the same, defendant represented that the homestead certificate had been duly issued to Catherine McLaughlin under the rules and regulations of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Von Hoffman v. City of QuincySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Edwards v. KearzeySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Douglass v. County of PikeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Burfenning v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Haskett v. MaxeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1893

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