Small v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county against Ab. Smith and Duluth Log Company, to recover $88.41 and to foreclose a lien for services in cutting, hauling and banking certain logs. The answer of the Duluth Log Company denied that plaintiff’s assignors ever performed services for it or that they had a lien upon its logs. The case was tried before Dibell, J., who made the findings and conclusions of law as stated in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county against Ab. Smith and Duluth Log Company, to recover $88.41 and to foreclose a lien for services in cutting, hauling and banking certain logs. The answer of the Duluth Log Company denied that plaintiff’s assignors ever performed services for it or that they had a lien upon its logs. The case was tried before Dibell, J., who made the findings and conclusions of law as stated in the opinion. From the judgment entered pursuant to the findings, Duluth Log Company appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This action was brought in the district court of the county of St. Louis against the defendant Smith, a logging contractor, to recover for manual labor and personal services in cutting, hauling, and banking certain logs and lumber, rendered to him by the plaintiff’s assignors, and to establish a lien therefor on certain of the logs purchased from him by the defendant Duluth Log Company. The cause was -tried by the court without a jury, and findings of fact and conclusions -of law, so far as here material, were made to the effect following:
Seven different persons performed manual labor and…
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