Cushing v. Cable
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiffs, J. E. Cushing and Gr. W. Cushing, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Henry G. Hicks, J., made September 21, 1892, denying their motion for a new trial. After the decision in this case granting a new trial, (48 Minn. 3,) the pleadings were amended by consent, and the issues thus formed were tried June 3, 1892, before the court without a jury.
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Appeal by plaintiffs, J. E. Cushing and Gr. W. Cushing, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Henry G. Hicks, J., made September 21, 1892, denying their motion for a new trial. After the decision in this case granting a new trial, (48 Minn. 3,) the pleadings were amended by consent, and the issues thus formed were tried June 3, 1892, before the court without a jury. The court made various findings of fact, and then, as conclusions of law, found that the plaintiffs, by their acts in not demanding or insisting on a return of the property, by leaving it, without objection in…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
In May, 1890, the plaintiffs entered into a contract of bailment with the members of a partnership called Cable & Chute Bros., by the terms of which the former let for hire to the latter, and for their use, two boilers and engines for the period of four months, commencing May 10, 1890. The bailees agreed to pay for the use of the property, the sum of $70 a month, and to return the property to the bailors. The contract gave to the bailees the right of renewal or extension for two months by their giving notice of their election to do so before the expiration of the stated term of four months.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cushing v. CableSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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