Clarke v. Hall & Ducey Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county,' refusing a new trial after a trial before Young, J., and verdict of $409 directed and returned for plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The complaint sets up a claim or cause of action for the boomage of certain logs therein described in behalf of the Mississippi & Rum River Boom Company, and which it is alleged has been duly assigned to the plaintiffs. The substance of defendant’s answer is a denial that the services were rendered for the defendant, and that it ever agreed to pay the boomage, or that it was its duty to pay the same. The answer also sets up and alleges that the logs were sold and delivered to the defendant by one of the plaintiffs, and that they were boomed and turned over to the defendant by the boom company…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Robinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Miller v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1876
- Outwater v. NelsonNew York Supreme Court · 1854
3Cited by2 opinions
- Stevens v. Wisconsin Farm Land Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Taylor v. First National BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912