Carpenter v. McCord Lumber Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an. order of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. Yinje, Circuit Judge. Appeal by the MeCord Lumber Company and the Soper Lumber Company from an order overruling their joint general demurrer to the complaint, which alleges that the plaintiff and his assignors performed work in hauling certain logs at the employment of the Bayfield Western Railway Company, which logs belonged to the MeCord Lumber Company, havd now been sawed into lumber, and are located at…
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Appeal from an. order of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. Yinje, Circuit Judge. Appeal by the MeCord Lumber Company and the Soper Lumber Company from an order overruling their joint general demurrer to the complaint, which alleges that the plaintiff and his assignors performed work in hauling certain logs at the employment of the Bayfield Western Railway Company, which logs belonged to the MeCord Lumber Company, havd now been sawed into lumber, and are located at West Superior, in Douglas county, and marked sold to the defendant the Soper Lumber Company. The specific work performed…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
1. The first and most important question raised by the demurrer is whether the services set forth are within the description of those for which sec. 3329, Stats. 1898, con*614fers a lien, namely, “ labor or services in cutting or hauling . . . logs, timber,” etc. This statute, it has .been well said, was passed for the protection of laboring men, who-, by reason of their exigences, are generally neither able to investigate or insist upon the credit of their employers, nor, without suffering, to endure the loss of the wages upon which they depend for existence, and is therefore to receive liberal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Basshor v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
- Winslow v. UrquhartWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Young v. FrenchWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Proulx v. Stetson & Post Mill Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1893
- Brauser v. New England Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1867
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Young v. Juneau CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1927
- State ex rel. Lochschmidt v. RaislerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
- Virden v. NeeseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- State ex rel. Green Bay Gas & Electric Co. v. Minahan Building Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- Engi v. HardellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
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