Haven v. Markstrum

The plaintiff brought suit against the 'defendant Cole, for cutting logs for him at $30 per month, and the defendant Marlestrum was made a party, at his own request, as being the owner of the logs cut upon, which the plaintiff was seeking to enforce a lien. The main evidence against Marlestrum was, the defendant Cole and the plaintiff testified that the contract was that the plaintiff was to have for such cutting $30 per month. To rebut this evidence the defendan t Marlestrum sought to prove, by the admission of the plaintiff to various persons, that the contract was that he was to have fifty…