Monitor Iron Works Co. v. Ketchum
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Brown County. Action on a quantum meruit for tbe plaintiff’s labor and services, and materials furnished by it, in constructing and repairing defendants’ steam saw-mill, and machinery therein.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Brown County. Action on a quantum meruit for tbe plaintiff’s labor and services, and materials furnished by it, in constructing and repairing defendants’ steam saw-mill, and machinery therein. The answer sets up a written agreement between the parties, the character of which will sufficiently appear from the opinion ; and alleges that a large part of the labor and services mentioned in the complaint was employed in making the machinery described in said contract, and that defendants had performed all the conditions of the contract on their part, but that…
1Opinion of the CourtColb, J.
It is objected on the part of the plaintiff, that the exceptions are insufficient to enable this court to review the evidence. Exceptions were duly filed to the referee’s findings of fact and law, but no exception was taken to the order of the circuit court confirming the report. It is claimed that such an exception was necessary to enable this court to review the decision of the circuit court. The case of Riley v. Mitchell, 37 Wis., 612, which is relied on to sustain this position, presents a different question. There, it did not appear that any exceptions were filed in the circuit court to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lyman v. BabcockWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Ely v. DailyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Riley v. MitchellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Cooper v. CleghornWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Bedard v. BonvilleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
- Fairbank v. NewtonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
- Monitor Iron Works Co. v. KetchumWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
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