Bjork v. Bean
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, Ed. S. Bean, Sheriff, H. K. Halverson, C. H. Richards and William Lundeen, partners, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Okas. D. Kerr, J., made August 10, 1893, denying their motion for a new trial. Defendants, Halverson, Richards and Lundeen, had a contract to grade a section of the Great Northern Railway in Montana, and in June, 1891, they sublet a part of the work to John Bjork.
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Appeal by defendants, Ed. S. Bean, Sheriff, H. K. Halverson, C. H. Richards and William Lundeen, partners, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Okas. D. Kerr, J., made August 10, 1893, denying their motion for a new trial. Defendants, Halverson, Richards and Lundeen, had a contract to grade a section of the Great Northern Railway in Montana, and in June, 1891, they sublet a part of the work to John Bjork. To enable him to perform his contract they furnished him with fourteen horses and mules, with harness, blankets, scrapers, wagons and other property. He completed the work…
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
John Bjork, the brother of the plaintiff, made with the defendants Halverson, Richards & Co. a contract to do certain grading on the right of way of a railroad, and to do other work. This contract was in writing. Halverson, Richards & Co. also furnished him a certain “grading outfit,” with which to do this work, but the contract as to this outfit was not in writing. It is claimed by plaintiff that it was an absolute sale of the grading outfit, to be paid for by the grading; and by the defendants, that it was a mere loaning or hiring of the property to John Bjork, with an option or privilege…
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