E. W. Backus Lumber Co. v. Scanlon-Gipson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district cburt for Hennepin county, against Scanlon-Gipson Lumber Company and R. C. Jefferson and another, copartners as Jefferson & Kasson, respectively, to recover compensation for driving logs. The cases were tried together before Elliott, J., who found in the first case that plaintiff was entitled to recover $428.28 with interest, and in the second that plaintiff was entitled to recover $1,897.20 with interest.
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Two actions in the district cburt for Hennepin county, against Scanlon-Gipson Lumber Company and R. C. Jefferson and another, copartners as Jefferson & Kasson, respectively, to recover compensation for driving logs. The cases were tried together before Elliott, J., who found in the first case that plaintiff was entitled to recover $428.28 with interest, and in the second that plaintiff was entitled to recover $1,897.20 with interest. Prom orders denying motions for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The above-entitled actions were brought under G. S. 1894, § 2466, to recover reasonable compensation for driving the logs of the defendants, the plaintiff asserting that it was hindered and obstructed in driving its logs by those of the defendants which had become intermingled with the plaintiff’s logs by reason of the defendants’ negligence. For convenience, these cases were tried together, ;a jury being waived by the parties. Thereafter the court filed findings of fact and conclusions of law in each, judgments being ordered in plaintiff’s favor for the respective sums found due.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wisconsin River Log Driving Ass'n v. D. F. Comstock Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Merriman v. BowenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Miller v. ChattertonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Bearce v. DudleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1896
- Foster v. CushingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1852
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- Minneapolis Trust Co. v. MenageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902