Robson v. Mississippi River Logging Co.
District Court, N.D. Iowa
TMs was an action by John Hobson against tin; Mississippi liiver Logging Company, for breach of contract concerning the driving and delivering of logs upon the Chippewa river. The case was submitted to the court upon the law and evidence, a jury being waived.
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TMs was an action by John Hobson against tin; Mississippi liiver Logging Company, for breach of contract concerning the driving and delivering of logs upon the Chippewa river. The case was submitted to the court upon the law and evidence, a jury being waived. The finding of facts: (1) I find that at ihe date of the bringing of this action the plaintiff, John Robson, was a citizen of the stale of Minnesota, and the defendant company was a corporation created under the laws of the state of Iowa. (2) I fmd that for a number of years prior to 1882 the defendant company was engaged in the business…
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRAS, District Judge.
Upon tke final argument of this case, It was urged by counsel for defendant that the facts developed in the evidence are such as to show that the contract, when applied to its subject-matter, must he held to he one terminable at the option of the defendant. I do not think the evidence presents the question in any aspect other or different from the one considered when the case was submitted on demurrer, and when it was held that the contract was not one terminable at will. See opinion, 43 Fed. 364. I adhere, therefore, to the views therein expressed upon this question.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Storm v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. HoytSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Robson v. Mississippi River Logging Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1890
3Cited by5 opinions
- Berg v. EricksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Mississippi River Logging Co. v. RobsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
- Manufacturers' Commercial Co. v. Brown Alaska Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1906
- Coosaw Min. Co. v. Carolina Min. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1896
- Link Belt Engineering Co. v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1905