C. A. Smith Timber Co. v. Auld
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Page Morris, Judge. Action by Harry M. Auld and another against the C. A. Smith Timber Company and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
The Aulds recovered judgment against the defendants C. A. Smith Timber Company, Potter-Casey Company, and George Sands for the value of logs wrongfully cut from their land in Cass county, Minn., and driven down the Willow and Mississippi rivers to Minneapolis, in that state. The defendants say: (1)_They acted' independently of each other, and there was no joint liability,, even if there was a conversion of the logs; (2) the plaintiffs made a completed sale of the logs to Sands shortly after the trespass and before they were driven; (3) there was an accord and satisfaction;…
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