McCormick v. Louden
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant in each case from an order of the municipal court of Duluth, Edson, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict for plaintiff, in the first case for $45, and in the second for $46.50.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
These actions were brought to recover damages for breach of contracts of employment for at least a period of 30 days. The plaintiffs are “log drivers,” and their claim was that they were employed by the defendant to work on a drive down the Cloquet river, with a promise or guaranty that the drive would last at least 30 days; that when they had worked about 6 days the defendant *510turned over the drive to another party to run through to its destination, and wrongfully discharged the plaintiffs. The defendant’s claim was that he never employed the plaintiffs for any particular length of time,…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Boltz v. Town of SullivanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Costello v. Siems-Carey Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1918