540.03 ACTION BY ASSIGNEE; SETOFF SAVED; EXCEPTION. If a thing in action be assigned, an action thereon by the assignee shall be without prejudice to any setoff or defense existing at the time or before notice of the assignment; but this section does not apply to negotiable paper, transferred in good faith and upon good […]
540.05 MARRIED PERSON MAY SUE OR BE SUED ALONE. In cases where the spouse, except for the marriage relation, would not be a necessary party, a married person may sue and be sued as if unmarried and without joining the spouse. If a person marries and at the same time takes a new name while […]
540.07 PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAY SUE FOR SEDUCTION. A parent may maintain an action for the seduction of the son or daughter, and the guardian may maintain an action for the seduction of the ward, though the son or daughter or ward is not living with, or in the service of, the plaintiff at the […]
540.08 INJURY TO CHILD OR WARD; SUIT BY PARENT OR GUARDIAN. A parent may maintain an action for the injury of a minor son or daughter. A general guardian may maintain an action for an injury to the ward. A guardian of a dependent, neglected, or delinquent child, appointed by a court having jurisdiction, may […]
540.09 DESERTED SPOUSE MAY SUE AND DEFEND IN ABSENT SPOUSE’S NAME. When a spouse has deserted the family, the deserted spouse may prosecute or defend, in the name of the absent spouse, any action which the absent spouse might have prosecuted or defended, and shall have the same powers and rights therein as the absent […]
540.11 SURETY MAY BRING ACTION. An action may be brought against two or more persons for the purpose of compelling one to satisfy a debt due to the other, for which the plaintiff is bound as surety. History: (9175) RL s 4063
540.12 ACTION NOT TO ABATE BY DEATH; TORTS. No action shall abate by reason of the death or disability of a party, or the transfer of the party’s interest, if the cause of action continues or survives. After a verdict, decision, or report of a referee, fixing the amount of damages for a wrong, such […]
540.13 EXEMPTIONS OF LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES. No member, officer, or employee of either branch of the legislature shall be liable in a civil action on account of any act done in pursuance of legislative duties. History: (9177) RL s 4065; 1986 c 444
540.14 ACTIONS AGAINST RECEIVERS; TRIAL; JUDGMENT, HOW SATISFIED. Except as limited in chapters 576 and 577, any receiver, assignee, or other person appointed by a court to hold or manage property under its direction, may be sued on account of any acts or transactions in carrying on the business connected with such property without prior […]
540.15 ASSOCIATES SUED AS PARTNERS. When two or more persons transact business as associates and under a common name, whether such name comprise the names of such persons or not, they may be sued by such common name, and the summons may be served on one or more of them. The judgment in such case […]
540.151 SUABILITY; COMMON NAME. When two or more persons associate and act, whether for profit or not, under the common name, including associating and acting as a labor organization or employer organization, whether such common name comprises the names of such persons or not, they may sue in or be sued by such common name, […]
540.152 SERVICE OF PROCESS ON UNIONS, GROUPS, OR ASSOCIATIONS. The transaction of any acts, business, or activities within the state of Minnesota by any officer, agent, representative, employee, or member of any union or other groups or associations having officers, agents, members, or property without the state on behalf of the union or other groups […]
540.153 EXCEPTIONS. Sections 540.151 to 540.153 shall not apply to any person or labor organization subject to the Federal Railway Labor Act, United States Code Annotated, title 45, chapter 8. History: 1947 c 527 s 3
540.154 ACTIONS AGAINST UNIONS, GROUPS, OR ASSOCIATIONS; WHERE BROUGHT. An action in a state court against an association referred to in section 540.151 shall be brought in district court in the county in which the organization maintains its principal office in this state or in the district court of the county in which the acts […]
540.17 JOINDER OF CONNECTING CARRIERS. Subdivision 1. Joinder. When any personal property shall be transported by two or more connecting common carriers into or through this state and shall become injured or damaged during transportation, the consignor, consignee or owner thereof, or the owner’s assignee, in an action to recover damages for such injury, may […]
540.18 DAMAGE BY MINOR; RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENT, GUARDIAN, AND MINOR. Subdivision 1. Liability rule. The parent or guardian of a minor who is under the age of 18 and who is living with the parent or guardian and who willfully or maliciously causes injury to any person or damage to any property is jointly and […]
