Bayne v. Greiner's Estate
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for Carver county against the-administrator of the estate of Frederick Greiner, deceased, one action by George G. Eitel and A. Y. Bayne to recover the sum of $750,. and the other by A. Y. Bayne and six others to recover the sum of' $1,250, In the former action the complaint alleged that all the parties-, to the written contract mentioned in the opinion, except decedent,, paid the several amounts apportioned to them in that contract; that,…
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Two actions in the district court for Carver county against the-administrator of the estate of Frederick Greiner, deceased, one action by George G. Eitel and A. Y. Bayne to recover the sum of $750,. and the other by A. Y. Bayne and six others to recover the sum of' $1,250, In the former action the complaint alleged that all the parties-, to the written contract mentioned in the opinion, except decedent,, paid the several amounts apportioned to them in that contract; that, decedent failed to pay the $750 he had agreed to pay, and plaintiffs, were required to pay and did pay the amount…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The controversy in these two actions arises out of practically the same state of facts, and they are disposed of together. Briefly stated, the facts are as follows:
All the parties to the action, including decedent, Greiner, were members of the board of directors or stockholders of the Queen of the West Mines Company, a corporation owning and operating a gold mine in the state of Oregon, with its principal place of business in Minnesota. Some time in the year 1907, to procure funds to enable the corporation to carry on its development work and to defray its running expenses, the parties made…
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- Owen v. McGeheeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
- Van Petten v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1878
- Romer v. ConterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Greene v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Fitzgerald v. EnglishSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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