Grand Forks Lumber Co. v. McClure Logging Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Washington county to recover $144,-805.60 as damages for breach of contract. The case was tried before Stolberg, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $78,405.18. From an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, j.
March 24, 1899, appellant entered into a contract in writing with Robert H. McCoy, whereby it agreed to cut and remove from certain *472described lands all the merchantable pine timber, and to haul, bank, and drive the logs to Crookston, Minnesota, upon the Red Lake river. The contract recited that seven million feet had already been cut and banked during the logging season of 1898-1899, and was to be driven and delivered at Crookston during the driving season of 1899. “Hereafter said party of the first part agrees to cut, haul, bank, drive, and deliver not less than nine million…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Roehm v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- McPherson v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Bolles v. SachsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Nesbitt v. St. Paul Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Swanson v. AndrusSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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