Strack v. Hurd
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The action was brought by Peter A. Strack against John Hurd to recover a balance claimed to be due on a contract. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, J.
This action was prosecuted to recover a balance claimed to be due the plaintiff from the defendant on a contract between plaintiff and defendant for cutting and skidding logs and cutting and piling wood along the track of the Northern Adirondac Extension Railroad.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff entered into an agreement with the defendant to cut the timber along the right of way of the Northern Adirondac Extension Railroad from Big Marsh, so called, to Tupper’s Lake station, a distance of about eighteen miles, timber fit for that purpose to be cut into saw logs at an agreed price of…
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- Mansfield v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- M'Millan v. VanderlipNew York Supreme Court · 1815
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