Legal Opinion
Sagamore Iron Co. v. Ash Iron Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1928No. 7674PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, District Judge.
Plaintiff in error was defendant and defendant in error was plaintiff in the trial court, and each will be so styled in this opinion. The only question presented involves the proper construction of certain words used in a mining lease, dated May 8,1918, as modified on March 29, 1919. In this lease plaintiff was the lessor and defendant the assignee of the lessee. The obligations of the lease were assumed by the defendant.
The words under consideration related to the subject of royalties and, supplemented with so much of the context as to make them intelligible, are as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Muser v. MagoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Kerr v. South Park CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- WJ Foye Lumber Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
- Carroll v. DruryIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- George M. Jones Co. v. Canadian Nat. Ry. Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1926
3Cited by2 opinions
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