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Stewart v. Stearns & Culver Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1908PublishedCited by 38 opinions

This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County. Statement. The declaration in this case is as follows: “The plaintiffs by their attorneys sue the defendant for that the defendant being the owner and operator of a large saw mill at and in the village of Bagdad 'in said county and State and employing a great number of employees in the conduct thereof, on the 18th day of September, A. D. 1903, entered into- a contract with the…

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This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County. Statement. The declaration in this case is as follows: “The plaintiffs by their attorneys sue the defendant for that the defendant being the owner and operator of a large saw mill at and in the village of Bagdad 'in said county and State and employing a great number of employees in the conduct thereof, on the 18th day of September, A. D. 1903, entered into- a contract with the plaintiffs, a copy of which is hereto attached marked Exhibit ‘A! and made a part hereof, whereby in consideration of the…

1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.

(After stating the facts) — The contract upon wthich the action is brought contains a lease *586to a partnership of a store house formerly used as a commissary in a village where a corporation, the owner of the store house, it is alleged, owned and operated a large saw mill employing a great number of persons. The contract also contains an agreement by the corporation to relinquish its right to establish and maintain a commissary for its employees, to use its influence to induce the employees, loggers and others to purchase their supplies, from the partnership, and to issue to its employees…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. McMullen v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. United States v. E. C. Knight Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Harding v. American Glucose Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Merriman v. Cover, Drayton LeonardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  5. Nester v. Continental Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  2. Richard A. Bolt and Richard A. Bolt, M.D. v. Halifax Hospital Medical CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  3. Geneva Ann Singleton v. Percy ForemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. Local No. 234 of United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of United States & Canada v. Henley & Beckwith, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1953
  5. Atlantic Peninsular Holding Co. v. OenbrinkSupreme Court of Florida · 1938

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