Pennell v. Delta Transportation Co.

This action was commenced in justice’s *248court, and after a trial there appealed to the circuit, where, upon the trial before a jury, plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $29.78.

It appears that the plaintiff entered into a verbal contract with the defendant, through defendant’s agent, Capt. Field, who was in the employ of defendant as captain of a boat running on what is known as the “ Inland Route’1 through Cheboygan county, by the terms of which the plaintiff was too clean out Crooked river from snags, logs, stumps, etc., that obstructed the channel. He was to be allowed two dollars per…