Owen v. J. Neils Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Cass county to recover $3,800. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Stanton, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $3,200 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Defendant owned the timber on a tract of land in Beltrami county. In July, 1910, it entered into a written contract with plaintiff, by the terms of which plaintiff agreed to cut and deliver in North Turtle river, during the season of 1910 and 1911, “all of said timber that will make a saw-log twelve feet long and six inches in diameter at the small end and over.” Defendant agreed to pay for this work $4.50 per thousand feet; $2 per M of this to be paid the fifth day of each month for all logs landed the previous month, $2 when the timber was all cut and delivered, and “the balance of fifty…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Nelson v. Charles Betcher Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Fortier v. Skibo Timber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Carnegie Dock & Fuel Co. v. Midland Lumber & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1921