Lum v. McEwen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, L. B. McEwen, from an order' of the District Court of Crow Wing County, D. B. Searle, J., made August 15, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial. The Northern Mill Company, a corporation engaged in lumber business, had its principal place of business at Minneapolis, but-owned pine lands and had sawmills in the counties of Cass and Crow Wing. The defendant L. B. McEwen was its agent and had charge of its business in these two counties.
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Appeal by defendant, L. B. McEwen, from an order' of the District Court of Crow Wing County, D. B. Searle, J., made August 15, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial. The Northern Mill Company, a corporation engaged in lumber business, had its principal place of business at Minneapolis, but-owned pine lands and had sawmills in the counties of Cass and Crow Wing. The defendant L. B. McEwen was its agent and had charge of its business in these two counties. The directors of the Mill Company were considering the question of constructing a large sawmill at Brainerd in Crow Wing County, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
It is only necessary to consider one of numerous questions argued by counsel.
The defendant McEwen was the superintendent and general manager of the business of the Northern Mill Company. That company had a sawmill on Gull river, eight miles from Brainerd, and also a logging railroad extending from Kilpatrick lake, 25 miles from Brainerd, some distance out into the woods. The mill company had *282under consideration a plan for remodeling its mill, and extending its logging road to G-ull river, where the mill was situated.
At this juncture of affairs, in consideration of McEwen’s agreement to use…
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