Chapman-Storm Lumber Corp. v. Minnesota-South Carolina Land & Timber Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Baker.

While the record in this case is voluminous, the principal issue raised by the execptions, which we shall now advert to, is comparatively simple, viz., The verdict in the case being against the defendant company alone, can the same be allowed to stand ?

There were a number of defendants, other than Minnesota-South Carolina Land & Timber Company and W. H. Cook, originally joined in the case. When entering upon the trial of the case, defendants moved the Court to require the plaintiff (respondent) to elect as to whether it would proceed…