Excerpt from Minnesota Reports, Vol. 120: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota, December 13, 1912-February 21, 1913 By R. L. 1905, 85, the reporter is required to report all cases decided by the court. Pursuant to R. L. 1905, 5 74, the headnote in each case is prepared by the judge writing the Opinion, except where otherwise noted. With a few exceptions the cases are reported in the order of their decision. The date Of the decision follows the title of each case. The numbers given below the date indicate the number of the case in the files of the clerk of court and the number of the case in the gen eral term calendar, the calendar numbers being enclosed in The cases in this volume are from the October, 1912, term calendar. As required by R. L. 1905, 85, when any Minnesota case has been printed in the periodical known as The Northwestern Re porter, and is cited in any opinion in this volume, a reference to the book and page of that periodical where such case appears has been inserted in such Opinion. A similar citation for each Opinion in this volume has been given in a footnote. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.