Wausau Boom Co. v. Plumer
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAR from, the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Action to recover charges for boomage. The plaintiff offered in evidence certain depositions, to the admission of which the defendant objected, because it appeared by the certificate of the commissioner by whom the depositions were taken, that they were taken to be used in an action pending in the county court of said county, whereas this cause was pending in the circuit court; but the objection was overruled.
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APPEAR from, the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. Action to recover charges for boomage. The plaintiff offered in evidence certain depositions, to the admission of which the defendant objected, because it appeared by the certificate of the commissioner by whom the depositions were taken, that they were taken to be used in an action pending in the county court of said county, whereas this cause was pending in the circuit court; but the objection was overruled. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, the form of which is stated in the opinion, and wbicb was received against defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtTavloe, J.
There are but three errors alleged by the appellant in this case: first, that the verdict is excessive; second, that the court erred in admitting certain depositions to be read as evidence; third, that the verdict is imperfect, and ought not to have been received.
The action was brought to recover charges for booming pine logs for the defendant, and it is alleged on his part that the jury allowed the plaintiff charges for 700,000 feet of logs which never passed through the plain tiff’s boo ms. It appears from the record that there was 'some controversy on the trial as to the quantity of logs…
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- Everit v. Walworth County BankWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
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