Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Cameron
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, alleging in substance that the plaintiffs are indebted to Cameron for cutting from their land and delivering to the other defendant, the Berlin Mills Company, a large quantity of logs which the latter purchased of them and for which it is still indebted to them; that it was agreed between the plaintiffs and the company that the company should pay a certain price per thousand feet for the logs delivered to it, the quantity to be determined by the company’s…
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Bill in Equity, alleging in substance that the plaintiffs are indebted to Cameron for cutting from their land and delivering to the other defendant, the Berlin Mills Company, a large quantity of logs which the latter purchased of them and for which it is still indebted to them; that it was agreed between the plaintiffs and the company that the company should pay a certain price per thousand feet for the logs delivered to it, the quantity to be determined by the company’s surveyor; that the defendant Cameron agreed with the plaintifis to cut and deliver the logs at a specified price per…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
From the allegations of the bill it appears that the claim of Cameron against the plaintiffs, as well as the plaintiffs’ claim against the defendant company, depends upon the determination of the simple fact of the quantity of timber or logs delivered to the company under its contract with the plaintiffs. Cameron cut and delivered the logs to the company, and for that labor the plaintiffs are bound to pay him the stipulated price per thousand feet, as ascertained by the company’s surveyor, while the company is bound to pay the plaintiffs a certain other price per thousand feet for the logs it…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Owen v. WestonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1885
- State Ex Rel. Thorndike v. CollinsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
- Gage v. GageSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1890
- Smith v. Bank of New EnglandSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1897
- Peaslee v. DudleySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1884
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