Grant Marble Co. v. Marshall & Ilsley Bank
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Joi-iN J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from an order setting aside a verdict as unsupported by tbe evidence and granting a new trial.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Joi-iN J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from an order setting aside a verdict as unsupported by tbe evidence and granting a new trial. Action to recover on contract for a balance claimed to be due plaintiff for marble furnished to defendant bank for use in constructing a brick and stone building in tbe city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and to recover tbe value of certain extras and also damages for breach of contract, in all $14,301.76 and interest. ' June 1, 1911, tbe defendant bank contracted with defendants Riesen to…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed November 13, 1911:
Maeshall, J.
Did the trial court commit error in construing the contract and the first question of the special verdict? That is the vital matter to be considered. We incline to the view that it did not, and shall only briefly discuss the subject. There is really very little which can be helpfully said about it. Evidently from the trial court’s opinion, after verdict, and its instructions, it regarded the question, at the outset, the same as when it made the order complained of.
The bank purposed securing delivery of the marble for the structure…
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