La Coursier v. Russell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action to recover the sum of $1,370.80, with interest, being the amount alleged to be due the plaintiff for services rendered and expenses incurred under a written contract. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $1,350.35, with interest and costs.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action to recover the sum of $1,370.80, with interest, being the amount alleged to be due the plaintiff for services rendered and expenses incurred under a written contract. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $1,350.35, with interest and costs. To the point that the contract was not an entirety, they cited Butler v. Kirby, 53 Wis. 188; Central M. T. B. Co. v. Spurek, 24 Ill. 588; Canal Co. v. Gordon, 6 Wall. 561; White v. Atkins, 8 Cush. 367; Wood, Master & S.…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoit, J.
On the 21st day of March, 1889, at Spokane Falls, in Washington Territory, the defendants, being strangers in that region and desirous of investing, money in mining properties in the mining region and of engaging in the business of buying and working mines and of finding and developing claims and finds, employed the jSlaintiff to explore the mining region, look up mineral lands and mines and chances of investing therein, and examine mines and rocks, and genei’álly sufivejr the whole field of that region, with a view of recommending to the defendants the purchase of mining property. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gordon v. BrewsterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859
- Cunningham v. BrownWisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Brusberg v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Ely v. DailyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Danley v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
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