Colby v. Portman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Berrien; Coolidge, J. Replevin by Emma L. Colby against Emma Portman. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
This is an action of replevin. The'cause was tried in the Berrien circuit before a jury, and plaintiff had a verdict and judgment. Defendant brings error.
The property in controversy is a piano. The plaintiff was the daughter-in-law of Mr. Charles Colby, deceased, and the defendant was his daughter. Plaintiff testified on the trial that she was married to Charles Colby, Jr., in 1887, and after her marriage she and her husband lived with Charles Colby, Sr., for six or seven years; that defendant was married at that time, and living away from her father’s house; that plaintiff had one child;…
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