International Boom Co. v. Rainy Lake River Boom Corp.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Beltrami county by the International Boom Company and Namakan Lumber Company to recover possession of certain saw logs or for $15,000, the value thereof, and $3,000 damages for the detention thereof.
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Action in the district court for Beltrami county by the International Boom Company and Namakan Lumber Company to recover possession of certain saw logs or for $15,000, the value thereof, and $3,000 damages for the detention thereof. The former appeals in this action are reported in 9Y Minn. 513, 10Y N. W. Y35, and 104 Minn. 152, 116 N. W. 221. The case was tried before Wright, J., and a jury which found defendant entitled to a return of the property or the sum of $6,854. Erom an order denying plaintiffs’ motion for judgment in their favor notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial, they…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an action of claim and delivery of certain logs, and was commenced October, 1904, in the district court of the county of Beltrami. It was conceded by the pleadings that the general property in the logs was in the plaintiffs, but the defendant’s claim was that it had a lien on the logs for sorting, storing, and handling them for the plaintiffs. The reply put in issue the allegations of the answer constituting the defendant’s alleged claim. The issue was submitted to the jury, and a verdict returned for the defendant, fixing the value of its interest in the logs at $6,854. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Meyers v. McAllisterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- International Boom Co. v. Rainy Lake River Boom Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- International Boom Co. v. Rainy Lake River Boom Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. BentleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- Price v. Minnesota, Dakota & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Namakan Lumber Co. v. Rainy Lake River Boom Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911