Bergstrom v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county against Anton Johnson and Zenith Cedar Company to recover $10,360 for the removal of timber from certain land.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county against Anton Johnson and Zenith Cedar Company to recover $10,360 for the removal of timber from certain land. Defendant Zenith Cedar Company in its answer justified the cutting pursuant to a certain permit bearing date October 8, 1906, from the Dixon Land Company, the owner of the land under a contract of purchase, in consideration of the sum of $2,500; alleged that it was prevented from removing the timber by the weather conditions and the timber permit was extended to September 1, 1908; that plaintiff never purchased the soft wood timber;…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover damages for the alleged wrongful and unlawful cutting and removing of a quantity of timber from land owned by plaintiff. A verdict was directed for defendant, and plaintiff appealed from an order denying a new trial.
*249The facts, undisputed, are substantially as follows: The Boston & Duluth Farm Land Company was the owner of the land, and had contracted to sell and convey the same to one Hendrickson; who assigned the contract to the Dixon Farm Land Company. That company, on October 8, 1906, sold the right to cut and remove all the soft wood timber standing upon the land to the…
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