Puustinen v. Saari

Lees, O.

Action for damages for breach of contract, in which plaintiff recovered a verdict of $4,073. Defendants have appealed from a denial of their blended motion for judgment or a new trial. There *59is one assignment of error. The question presented is whether there is sufficient evidence to support the verdict.

Plaintiff is a Finnish laborer, unable to speak the English language. Defendants are dealers in forest products and were conducting logging operations near Palo in St. Louis county in the winter of 1920-1921. J. H. Bacon was their camp clerk. As their authorized agent and in their…