Cameron Bros. v. Osborne
Supreme Court of Colorado
Action by administratrix, on a contract for rental of sheep, made by defendants with her intestate. Judgment for plaintiff. Error to the District Court of Bent County, Hon. A. C. McChesney, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison
The defendant in error was plaintiff below. She brought the action upon a ‘contract made by the defendants with her intestate. The verdict was for the defendants, but the court rendered a judgment for the plaintiff non obstante veredicto, for the sum of $8,479.00.
By the contract, which was dated August 31st, 1912, the defendants “rented” from D. J. Osborne, plaintiff’s intestate, 4,000 breeding ewes for five years, agreeing to pay for their use “an annual rental” in kind out of their increase: “It being understood that we will maintain said herd in a fine wooled strain of breeding during the…
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