Independent Tug Line v. Lake Superior Lumber & Box Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Bayfield' county: John EL Pabish, Circuit Judge. On June 6, 1907, the plaintiff, a Minnesota corporation, and the defendant entered into a written contract at Ashland,, Wisconsin, wherein it was agreed that the former should tow a certain quantity of saw logs belonging to the latter from the-mouth of Bad river, ' Ashland county, Wisconsin, to the Thompson mill at Washburn, Bayfield county, Wisconsin, at the price of thirty…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Bayfield' county: John EL Pabish, Circuit Judge. On June 6, 1907, the plaintiff, a Minnesota corporation, and the defendant entered into a written contract at Ashland,, Wisconsin, wherein it was agreed that the former should tow a certain quantity of saw logs belonging to the latter from the-mouth of Bad river, ' Ashland county, Wisconsin, to the Thompson mill at Washburn, Bayfield county, Wisconsin, at the price of thirty cents per thousand feet, log measure. This action was brought to recover $1,800, the amount alleged by plaintiff to be due…
1Opinion of the CourtVinje, J.
The plaintiff corporation was organized under the laws of Minnesota and has never complied with the provisions of sec. 17705, Stats. (1898), by filing with the secretary of state a duly authenticated copy of its articles of incorporation, and it is not claimed that it comes under the class of corporations excepted from the provisions thereof. In June, 1907, it entered into a contract with the defendant at Ash-land,- Wisconsin, to tow a certain quantity of logs on Lake Superior from the mouth of the Bad river, Wisconsin, to Washburn, Wisconsin. It is admitted that the logs in question were cut…
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