Hausman v. Mulheran

70 N.W. 866, 68 Minn. 48, 1897 Minn. LEXIS 338

• Court: Supreme Court of Minnesota
• Decided: April 26, 1897
• Docket: Nos. 10,303—(20)
• Status: Published

Opinion

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 the 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.