Minnesota Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota, Volume 75

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Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
 

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Page 354 - Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale of any lands or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be In writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is to be made.
Page 395 - Certainly, denial of a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence would not be subject to review.
Page 364 - An attorney cannot, without the consent of his client, be examined as to any communication made by the client to him, or his advice given thereon in the course of professional employment...
Page 409 - ... the court erred in submitting to the Jury the question as to whether there was a special contract limiting defendant's common-law liability.
Page 529 - If a person against whom an action may be brought die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced against his representatives after the expiration of that time, and within one year after the issuing of letters testamentary or of administration...
Page 267 - When the evidence closed the defendant moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor, but the court denied the motion and submitted the case to the jury, which found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
Page 361 - One is that it will not permit the statute of frauds to be used as an instrument of fraud, and the other, that when a person through the influence of a confidential relation acquires title to property, or obtains an advantage which he cannot conscientiously retain, the court, to prevent the abuse of confidence, will grant relief.
Page 362 - ... her contract in a court of general jurisdiction. There is no merit in the contention of the defendant that the complaint does not show that the Fosseens had either jointly or separately any property whatever while they lived. Their promise was by the first contract to give and leave to plaintiff and her sisters all the property, both real and personal, which they owned and might own at the time of their death. Subsequently...
Page 145 - ... shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate. or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
Page 28 - The plaintiff claims that the conclusions of the trial court upon the facts found, as to the negligence of the defendant, and the contributory negligence of the plaintiff...

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