Brink v. Purnell
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Berrien; Coolidge, J. Trespass vi et armis by Ethlyn Brink against Benjamin Purnell and others. A judgment for plaintiff is reviewed by defendant Purnell on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff received a judgment against several defendants, among whom was Benjamin Purnell, who alone has appealed. Purnell is the head of a sect called the “House of David,” which has grounds called “The Park Springs of Eden,” near Benton Harbor, where it at times invites the public. On the occasion of the injury of which the plaintiff complains, the public had been invited, by the distribution of handbills, and a steamer from Chicago had brought over quite a large crowd who went to the park. The plaintiff went there with one Harry Williams and her sister and brother-in-law. Williams had…
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