Remington v. Eastern Railway Co. of Minnesota
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: OjkREN T. "Williams, Judge. Plaintiff and defendant Murphy, lawyers, were copartners under the firm name of Murphy & Remington from November 24,1894, up to September 18,1896. As such, up to January 1, 1896, they were employed in various matters by ■defendant The Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota, and, among other things, throughout said period were employed for the defense of two important suits for timber…
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: OjkREN T. "Williams, Judge. Plaintiff and defendant Murphy, lawyers, were copartners under the firm name of Murphy & Remington from November 24,1894, up to September 18,1896. As such, up to January 1, 1896, they were employed in various matters by ■defendant The Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota, and, among other things, throughout said period were employed for the defense of two important suits for timber damage resulting from fire, the" damages claimed being about $56,000 in each case, in which a large amount of work had…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 8, 1901:
Dodge, J.
After a most careful examination of the evidence, we are unable to find justification for the action of tlie court below in setting aside the three important findings of the referee: first, that defendant Murphy concealed from his partner, Remington, the fact that he had released defendant company from any liability for work done in the fire cases in consideration of the agreement to pay him a *159salary; second, that defendant company’s general counsel, Grover, well knew of the partnership relation, and aided and abetted defendant Murphy…
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