Wood, Curtis & Co. v. El Dorado Lumber Co.

The facts involved in this appeal, briefly stated, are as follows: On February 17, 1904, the defendant and appellant herein, the El Dorado Lumber Company, entered into a contract with the defendants Carney, Roy & Carney for the construction of a single-track railroad, upon a private right of way from North Placerville to its storage yards in El Dorado County. Thereafter, and during the progress of construction work upon said right of way, the plaintiff corporation let to the firm of Carney, Roy & Carney, fifty-three head of horses, with their harness, at the rate of ten dollars per month for…