Brackett v. Edgerton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the District Court for Henne-pin county, to recover damages for an alleged breach of a certain written contract, which is set out at length in the opinion of the Court. Issue was joined, and the cause tried before a referee. During the progress of the trial exceptions were taken to the rulings of the referee, in regard to the reception of' testimony, which appear in the opinion of the Court.
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This action was brought in the District Court for Henne-pin county, to recover damages for an alleged breach of a certain written contract, which is set out at length in the opinion of the Court. Issue was joined, and the cause tried before a referee. During the progress of the trial exceptions were taken to the rulings of the referee, in regard to the reception of' testimony, which appear in the opinion of the Court. The facts, as found by the referee, and his conclusions of law, are as follows : “ That the said plaintiff and defendant, at St. Paul, in the State of Minnesota, on the 20th day…
1Opinion of the Court
By the (Jowrt
Wilson, Ch. J.
The plaintiff and defendant, on the 20th day of April, 1865, entered into a written contract in these words :
“ St. Paul, April 14th, 1865.
“ George A. Brackett, of Minneapolis, Minn., bought of E. S. Edgerton, of St. Paul, five thousand and fifty bushels of No. 1 wheat, at the market value of such wheat this day in the city of Milwaukee, to wit: at $1.15 per bushel, *187amounting to the sum of $5807.50, out of which sum said Edgerton is to allow said Braclrett 42| cents per bushel for freight and wastage in transporting said wheat from Ottawa, LeSneur county, Minn., to…
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