Price v. Treat
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Doane, J. cited: White v. Merrill, 32 111., 511; Smith v. Schulenberg 34 Wis., 41; Butler v. Regents, 32 Id., 124; Juiliiard v. Chaffee, 92 N. Y., 529; Connell v. Vanderwerken, 1 Mackey [D. C.], 242; Am. Bridge Co. v. Murphy, 13 Kan., 33; St. Louis, etc., R. Co. v. Davis, 35 Id., 464; Scott v. Scott, 5 N. E. Rep., 397, and cases; Tompkins v. Hill, 14 N. E. Rep. [Mass.], 177 ; Sanford v. Abrams, 2 So.
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Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Doane, J. cited: White v. Merrill, 32 111., 511; Smith v. Schulenberg 34 Wis., 41; Butler v. Regents, 32 Id., 124; Juiliiard v. Chaffee, 92 N. Y., 529; Connell v. Vanderwerken, 1 Mackey [D. C.], 242; Am. Bridge Co. v. Murphy, 13 Kan., 33; St. Louis, etc., R. Co. v. Davis, 35 Id., 464; Scott v. Scott, 5 N. E. Rep., 397, and cases; Tompkins v. Hill, 14 N. E. Rep. [Mass.], 177 ; Sanford v. Abrams, 2 So. Rep. [Fla.], 373; Day v. Gardner, 7 Atl. Rep. [N. J.], 365. cited : 2 Parsons, Contracts, 555; 1 Greenleaf, Ev., sec. 305 ;…
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, Ch. J.
The plaintiff filed in the district court of Douglas county his petition, as follows :
“Now comes the said plaintiff and, complaining of the said defendant, says:
“That on or about the 15th day of October, 1885, this plaintiff contracted and agreed to construct and finish all the grading work on the line of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Yalley railroad, from station numbered 10,644, to station numbered 10,699, as the railroad of said company was then located, being a distance of one mile, by which contract and agreement this plaintiff agreed to construct the grading work on said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cummings v. BaarsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
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