Hillestad v. Lee
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Clay county, Baxter, J., granting a motion for a new trial, after a trial and verdict in favor of plaintiff for $185.90.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action to recover a balance of $189.82, which the plaintiff claimed the defendant owed him for labor performed as a helper in the defendant’s blacksmith shop, in the village of Hawley, this state, from May, 1901, to August, 1902, for the agreed wages of one dollar per day for the first year, and one dollar fifty cents per day for the rest of the time, with board and lodging for the whole time. The answer denied that the defendant agreed to board and lodge the plaintiff as a part of his compensation for his work, and set up a counterclaim for the reasonable value of his board and lodging, and,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Preston v. GrantSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
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- Fitger v. GuthrieSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Prescott v. BrooksNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1902
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