Manufacturers National Bank v. Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Assumpsit on a contract arising out of a written acceptance by the defendant of an order given by J. S. Longley & Son for the payment to the plaintiff of such amounts as should become due them under their logging contract with the defendant. The writ also contained a count for a quantum meruit.
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On report. Assumpsit on a contract arising out of a written acceptance by the defendant of an order given by J. S. Longley & Son for the payment to the plaintiff of such amounts as should become due them under their logging contract with the defendant. The writ also contained a count for a quantum meruit. Plea, the general issue with a brief statement alleging that the defendant "paid to the plaintiff all that it assumed to pay to the plaintiff.” -At the conclusion of the evidence, the case was reported to the Law Court, upon so much of the evidence as was legally admissible, "to determine…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
This case is before the Law Court on report. It is an action of assumpsit on a contract arising out of a written acceptance by the defendant of an order given by J. S. Longley & Son for the payment to the plaintiff of such amounts as should become due them under their logging contract with the defendant. The writ also contains a count for a quantum meruit.
May 4, 1901, J. S. Longley & Son entered into a written contract with the defendant to cut, haul and drive logs for the next four succeeding seasons. The logs were to be cut on Misc.y Township, Somerset County, Maine, landed in Chase Stream…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mississippi River Logging Co. v. RobsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
- Homer v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hunter v. TotmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- Connecticut Valley Lumber Co. v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- Christiansen v. SaulDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2020