Hausman v. Mulheran

Minnesota Supreme Court
Hausman v. Mulheran, 68 Minn. 48 (Minn. 1897)
70 N.W. 866; 1897 Minn. LEXIS 338
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Hausman v. Mulheran

Opinion of the Court

MITCHELL, J.

1. There was no inconsistency between the admission in the answer that there was due from defendant to plaintiff a certain sum for rent, and the counterclaim for a larger sum for repairs on the building made by defendant under plaintiff’s agreement to pay and reimburse him therefor.

2. The allegations of the answer are that the agreement was that defendant should make repairs “where repairs should and might become necessary”; that, “in pursuance of said agreement,” the defendant made certain repairs, and expended in so doing a specified amount. The point was made on the trial that the counterclaim in the answer did not state a cause of action, because it did not allege that the repairs were necessary. As against an objection raised for *49the first time on the trial, we think the answer was properly held good.

3. There was no error in permitting the defendant to testify what he paid out for the repairs, accompanied by his testimony that those prices were fair and reasonable.

4. Whatever may be thought as to the preponderance of evidence, it was sufficient to justify the verdict.

Order affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
CHARLES M. HAUSMAN v. PETER MULHERAN
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published