Lackman v. Simpson
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Carbon County; Sydney Fox, Judge. 'Action by Henry Lackman against Edgar Simpson and others, partners, doing business under the firm name of Simpson Brothers. From a judgment in favor of defendants and an order denying him a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Carbon County; Sydney Fox, Judge. 'Action by Henry Lackman against Edgar Simpson and others, partners, doing business under the firm name of Simpson Brothers. From a judgment in favor of defendants and an order denying him a new trial, plaintiff appeals. Plaintiff having offered evidence that he performed all the work agreed by him to be performed, and that defendants saw the work done and made the payments as they became due under the contract, and that they received) the full benefits of plaintiff’s work, and nothing having been brought out in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
This action was brought to recover $760, alleged to be a balance due for work and labor performed by the plaintiff for the defendants under a written contract. The contract is made a part of the complaint. It discloses that the defendants, who own a ranch in Big Horn county, Wyoming, employed the plaintiff to prepare the ground, seed, cultivate and harvest sugar-beets on forty-two and a half acres of their lands, during the season of 1909. The defendants were to furnish the seed, tools, work stock and feed, and the plaintiff was to perform the labor. It was left optional with the defendants…
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