Meyers v. Gray
Meyers v. Gray
Opinion of the Court
The firm of Browning, King & Co., of St. Paul, offered a silk banner to the St. Paul labor organization making “the best appearance” in the Labor Day parade on September 3, 1900, and wrote to the chairman of the Labor Day committee that they left to him the appointing of the committee of award, and he accordingly se
The assignments of error present but one question: Does the evidence support the finding of fact that the committee gave and awarded the banner to respondents?
We agree with appellants that, if the committee took no other action than to determine which organization presented the best appearance, according to the system of percentages above noted, then, when the committee came to the conclusion which resulted in appellants receiving the highest score, that the right of possession to the banner thereupon became vested in them, and the formal matter of notification would not be essential to that right. But, upon the other hand, if the evidence tends to show, notwithstanding the committee came to the conclusion it did by its manner of marking, that thereafter the committee, acting as a whole, again considered the question, and concluded to award the banner to respondents, then the result arrived at by the percentage system would not be final. The evidence tends to support the findings of the court that the committee did reconsider and come to a different conclusion. Mr. Stine, the chairman, and Mr. Murray, a member of the committee, both testified that the committee so decided, and awarded the banner to the plasterers’ association. Mr: Morgan, also a member of that committee, testified that he did not so
Order affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- HENRY MEYERS and Others v. ALEX GRAY and Others
- Status
- Published