Legal Opinion

Watts v. Howard

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 11, 1897No. Nos. 10,784-(116)PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the municipal court of Duluth, entered pursuant to a verdict of $151.06 in favor of plaintiffs, after a trial before Boyle, Special Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

This action was brought to recover the purchase price of certain logs sold and delivered by plaintiffs to defendant. The sale and delivery and the agreed price per thousand feet were admitted by the defendant; the only real controversy being as to the number of feet in the logs. They had been scaled by the scaler employed at defendant’s mill. The scale bill having been retained by the defendant at his office, one of the plaintiffs went there to ascertain its amount, and saw defendant’s foreman. When this plaintiff was being examined as a witness in his own behalf, his counsel asked him, “Did…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Koivisto v. Bankers & Merchants Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
  2. Tousley v. First National Bank of Pine CitySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
  3. Lindstrom v. Minnesota Liquid Fertilizer Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
  4. Stevens v. Town of SandnesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
  5. St. Croix Engineering Corp. v. McLaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981

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