Legal Opinion

Cable v. Foley

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 16, 1891PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Action to recover a balance of $2,091.45 for work and labor, brought in the district court for Eamsey county, and removed for trial to Stearns county, and there tried before Searle, J., who directed a verdict for defendants. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment.

1Opinion of the Court

Gileillan, C. J.1

The principal question in the case is, are the three written contracts to be taken as covering all the work done or agreed to be done by plaintiff, so as to control as to the terms and • conditions upon which the work was done, and so as to exclude parol evidence thereof ? The work described and provided for in the written contracts appears, upon their face, to be the identical work done by plaintiff, and upon which his causes of action (unless the fifth and seventh) set forth in the complaint are based. There would be no doubt upon it were it not for the fact shown by the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hackley v. HeadleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Fargusson v. WinslowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
  3. Blondel v. Le VesconteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hartsville Oil Mill v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Joannin v. OgilvieSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  3. Adder v. Holman & Moody, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
  4. Standard Box Co. v. Mutual Biscuit Co.California Court of Appeal · 1909
  5. Wood v. Kansas City Home Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909

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