Carlin v. Brackett

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Carlin v. Brackett

37 N.W. 342, 38 Minn. 307, 1888 Minn. LEXIS 376

CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota

DecidedApril 20, 1888

StatusPublished

Cited by6 cases

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Carlin v. Brackett, 37 N.W. 342, 38 Minn. 307, 1888 Minn. LEXIS 376 (Mich. 1888).

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Collins, J.¹

This is an action brought by plaintiff to recover the value of certain goods and chattels, alleged to have been unlawfully converted by defendant, and in which plaintiff claims to have had a special property. Among the defences interposed was that of a judgment in the district court for Hennepin county against the plaintiff upon the merits of the controversy, and for the same cause of action set forth in the complaint herein. Upon the trial in the court below said defence was sustained, a verdict found for defendant, and from an order refusing a new trial the plaintiff appeals. The record discloses that the complaint in the first case set out the cause of action more in detail, perhaps, than did the complaint in the case at bar, but they are the same in substance. To the first the defendant interposed a demurrer, upon the ground that it failed to state a cause of action, which, on argument, was sustained, with leave to amend. The plaintiff neglected to avail himself of this privilege, and on the 9th day of March, 1887, a judgment was duly entered by the defendant that he recover certain costs and disbursements, and that plaintiff take nothing by the action, which judgment has not been modified or reversed, and which wras rendered, as has been seen, upon allegations of fact substantially identical with those set forth in the com[308]*308plaint in the case now being considered. This judgment was upon the merits of the action as presented by the complaint and admitted by the demurrer, and is as effectual as if there had been a verdict upon the same facts, for they are established by way of record in either case. And when once established, the litigation, as between the same parties and those in privity, is at an end. To avoid the effect of a demurrer as a confession of the facts set forth in the pleading, the party against whom the ruling is made must either amend or take issue. Gould, Pl. c. 9, § 43; Gould v. Evansville, etc. R. Co., 91 U. S. 526; Bissell v. Spring Valley Township, 124 U. S. 225, (8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 495.) See, also, Thomas v. Joslin, 36 Minn. 1, (29 N. W. Rep. 344.)

Order affirmed.

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Collins, J.¹

This is an action brought by plaintiff to recover the value of certain goods and chattels, alleged to have been unlawfully converted by defendant, and in which plaintiff claims to have had a special property. Among the defences interposed was that of a judgment in the district court for Hennepin county against the plaintiff upon the merits of the controversy, and for the same cause of action set forth in the complaint herein. Upon the trial in the court below said defence was sustained, a verdict found for defendant, and from an order refusing a new trial the plaintiff appeals. The record discloses that the complaint in the first case set out the cause of action more in detail, perhaps, than did the complaint in the case at bar, but they are the same in substance. To the first the defendant interposed a demurrer, upon the ground that it failed to state a cause of action, which, on argument, was sustained, with leave to amend. The plaintiff neglected to avail himself of this privilege, and on the 9th day of March, 1887, a judgment was duly entered by the defendant that he recover certain costs and disbursements, and that plaintiff take nothing by the action, which judgment has not been modified or reversed, and which wras rendered, as has been seen, upon allegations of fact substantially identical with those set forth in the com[308]*308plaint in the case now being considered. This judgment was upon the merits of the action as presented by the complaint and admitted by the demurrer, and is as effectual as if there had been a verdict upon the same facts, for they are established by way of record in either case. And when once established, the litigation, as between the same parties and those in privity, is at an end. To avoid the effect of a demurrer as a confession of the facts set forth in the pleading, the party against whom the ruling is made must either amend or take issue. Gould, Pl. c. 9, § 43; Gould v. Evansville, etc. R. Co., 91 U. S. 526; Bissell v. Spring Valley Township, 124 U. S. 225, (8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 495.) See, also, Thomas v. Joslin, 36 Minn. 1, (29 N. W. Rep. 344.)

Order affirmed.

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