Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Yale
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 13, 1897PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Error to Wayne; Frazer, J. Assumpsit by Fred D. Stevens and Frederick J. Todd, copartners, against Madame M. Yale, for the breach of a contract to advertise defendant’s remedies as on sale at plaintiffs’ store. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
On February 5, 1894, the defendant, through her business manager, executed and delivered to the plaintiffs a writing, of which the following is a copy:
“Detroit, Mich., February 5, 1894.
“I hereby agree, in consideration of receiving an order on my line of preparations from Messrs. Stevens & Todd, to add their names at bottom of all my advertisements in Detroit papers, stating a full line of my remedies can be had from them at both their stores, providing they continue to carry my full line in stock, and furthermore agree at any time to exchange for them any of my remedies which they find…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- John Hutchinson Manufacturing Co. v. PinchMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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- Rogers v. AndersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
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