Sell v. Mississippi River Logging Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. The complaint alleges, in substance, that March 21, 1893, the defendant, a corporation created for logging and lumbering, had a quantity of pine saw logs in and along the east fork of the Chippewa river, and by its agent entered into an agreement with the plaintiff to drive them below the railroad bridge at Glidden, Wis., and for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to enter into such contract falsely and fraudulently…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashland County. The complaint alleges, in substance, that March 21, 1893, the defendant, a corporation created for logging and lumbering, had a quantity of pine saw logs in and along the east fork of the Chippewa river, and by its agent entered into an agreement with the plaintiff to drive them below the railroad bridge at Glidden, Wis., and for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to enter into such contract falsely and fraudulently stated, represented, and guarantied that the number of said logs was 8,700 by actual count and no more; that the logs were…
1Opinion of the CourtPin net, J.
1. The contract mentioned in the complaint was in writing, and purported upon its face to have been made between the plaintiff and John Pearl for the defendant, the Mississippi River Logging Company, but was signed by Pearl in his individual capacity only, and included all logs having marks owned or controlled by that company and the Chippewa Logging Company; and it was stipulated that the plaintiff was to have the use of all dams and driving improvements of thje defendant on the stream, free of charge, for the drive. The contract was ih other respects as stated in the complaint. Considerable…
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