State v. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county against defendant lumber company, William O’Brien and E. W. Bonness to recover $20,305.81 upon the bond of defendants for the faithful performance by defendant corporation of the terms of a certain logging permit.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county against defendant lumber company, William O’Brien and E. W. Bonness to recover $20,305.81 upon the bond of defendants for the faithful performance by defendant corporation of the terms of a certain logging permit. The answer alleged that if the state auditor had •undertaken to have the timber cut under the permit scaled or rescaled subsequent to the original scale, any such rescale had been made without authority of law, without the knowledge or consent of defendants, by persons unauthorized to make the same, and included timber not included in…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
At a public sale held in December, 1903, tbe state sold to defendant, Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, all tbe pine timber, not less than 8 inches in diameter 24 feet from the ground, standing .and growing upon section 16, town 53, range 12, St. Louis county, at tbe agreed price of $7 per thousand feet. On tbe day of sale, tbe usual permit was issued by tbe state auditor to tbe lumber company, which by its terms expired or terminated June 1, 1905. Tbe ■sale was made and tbe permit issued under and pursuant to tbe provisions of chapter 163, p. 349, Laws 1895, and subsequent amendatory acts, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Norris v. HagginSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Bausman v. KelleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Board of County Commissioners v. DickeySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Broadway National Bank v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- In re Official Ballot for the General Election of November, 1906Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
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- Aronovitch v. LevySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
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- Briggs v. BuzzellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- State v. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- State v. Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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