Herrick v. Newell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Avery Herrick, from a judgment of the District Court of Fillmore County, Farmer, J., entered July 18,-1891, in favor of defendant, Joseph Newell, for $17 costs and disbursements.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
This action was commenced in the court of a justice of the peace. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $4.25. The defendant appealed to the district court on questions of law *199alone, and the judgment of the justice was reversed. The plaintiff then appealed to this court.
The complaint is sustainable, as showing that the defendant assumed to sell to the plaintiff a half acre of standing- timber, and agreed that the latter might at any time enter upon the land, and cut and take away the timber; that the plaintiff paid the defendant therefor $8.50, the price agreed upon; that the defendant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bennett v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1867
- Radley v. O'LearySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Taylor v. ReadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
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