Hagestrom v. Sweeney
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Eakin. This is an action by Pete Hagestrom, Martin Swanson, Ole Johnson, Oscar Midbo, Rasmus Midbo, Isaac Midbo, Pete Christiansen and Robert Thompson, partners, doing business under the firm name and style of Pete Hagestrom & Company, against J. W. Sweeney, S. M. Blumauer and Isaac Blumauer, partners, doing business as railroad builders and contractors, under the firm name and style of the J. W.…
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Eakin. This is an action by Pete Hagestrom, Martin Swanson, Ole Johnson, Oscar Midbo, Rasmus Midbo, Isaac Midbo, Pete Christiansen and Robert Thompson, partners, doing business under the firm name and style of Pete Hagestrom & Company, against J. W. Sweeney, S. M. Blumauer and Isaac Blumauer, partners, doing business as railroad builders and contractors, under the firm name and style of the J. W. Sweeney Construction Company, to recover compensation for work done upon a contract and damages suffered by a breach of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Eakin.
Defendants assign as error certain rulings of the court in the admission of evidence, which rulings we deem were not prejudicial, and they need not be further considered. They also assign as error the instruction given by the court to the jury as follows: “If you find that the plaintiffs were improperly discharged and not permitted to continue the work under the terms of the contract, then you may assess such damages, as would reasonably compensate them for the breach not to exceed $2,000”— which was duly excepted to, upon the ground that there was not any…
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