H. W. Wilson Co. v. A. B. Farnham & Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover from •defendant $9,973.81 for breach of contract. The case was tried before Elliott, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $441.90. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWS, J.2
July 15, 1903, the parties to this action, respondent, a printing publishing company, and appellant, a bookbinding company, entered into-the. following contract:
Minneapolis, Minn., July 15th, 1903.
A. B. Farnham & Co., Edison Bldg., City — Gentlemen: Verifying our recent conversation we will give you the binding of the United States Catalogue, about 2,500 copies of about 2,-200 pages, at your price of sixty-five cents for genuine half’ morocco black cloth sides, the binding to be done in first class manner. We expect to get copies about a week after the last sheets have been delivered…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thompson v. MyrickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- King v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- O'Brien v. ManwaringSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Wright v. TilestonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Reynolds v. FranklinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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- McKnight v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Fox v. FoxSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- Liimatainen v. St. Louis River Dam & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912