Wright v. E. E. Bolles Wooden Ware Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marinette County. The defendant company contracted with one Hayes to purchase of him a quantity of logs, to be delivered in the boom of the company at Depere, and the logs were subsequently delivered there by Hayes pursuant to the contract-. Of the logs so delivered, 211,000 feet, board measure, were unlawfully cut ‘by Hayes upon lands belonging to the state.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Marinette County. The defendant company contracted with one Hayes to purchase of him a quantity of logs, to be delivered in the boom of the company at Depere, and the logs were subsequently delivered there by Hayes pursuant to the contract-. Of the logs so delivered, 211,000 feet, board measure, were unlawfully cut ‘by Hayes upon lands belonging to the state. After the logs were thus delivered to the defendant, the plaintiff purchased the lands from which they were taken, and received patents therefor from the state. This action is brought under E. S., p.…
1Opinion of the CourtLyou, J.
The record contains no bill of exceptions, and hence the testimony given on the trial is not before us. The case must be determined, therefore, upon the pleadings and special verdict. In addition to the necessary averments of title, the complaint charges the trespass by Hayes, “ acting for and under the authority and directions of said defendant,” and the conversion of the logs by the defendant to its own use. The answer is a general denial of all the allegations of the complaint, except the corporate character of the defendant. Some criticism was made by the learned counsel for the plaintiff…
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