Murphy v. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ON EXCEPTIONS AND REPORT. The facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion. The following are copies of the due bills and amendment referred to in tbe opinion. (Due bills.) " 14.19. Due Michael Murphy for labor done in tbe woods for us the present winter, fourteen dollars and nineteen cents. Payable in April next. John Adams & Co. Jan. 15th, 1877.” "18.52. Due Mike Murphy eighteen dollars and fifty-two cents; it being for labor done in the woods for us the past winter.
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ON EXCEPTIONS AND REPORT. The facts sufficiently appear in tbe opinion. The following are copies of the due bills and amendment referred to in tbe opinion. (Due bills.) " 14.19. Due Michael Murphy for labor done in tbe woods for us the present winter, fourteen dollars and nineteen cents. Payable in April next. John Adams & Co. Jan. 15th, 1877.” "18.52. Due Mike Murphy eighteen dollars and fifty-two cents; it being for labor done in the woods for us the past winter. Payable the first of April next. JohN Adams & Co. Kingfield, March 20th, 1877.” "$26.65. Due H. P. Prescott, twenty-six dollai’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
The plaintiffs in these actions, being employed by the defendants for that purpose, respectively labored in the" cutting and hauling of logs on Jerusalem township, in the winter •of 1876-77 ; and when they quitted work, each received a due bill signed by the defendants, in legal effect a promissory note not negotiable, for the amount due him, — "it being for labor done in the woods for us the present winter, payable in April next.” The defendants were operating on the township for .'Moseley, Wheelwright & Co., by whom they were employed to ■ cut and haul logs by the thousand. The plaintiffs…
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