Legal Opinion

Major v. Brewster

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1907No. Docket No. 51Published

Error to Oakland; Smith, J. Trover by Densmore Major, administrator of the estate of Dorcas Major, deceased, against William A. Brewster. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

Plaintiff brings this suit in trover to recover the value of certain live stock and farming implements which defendant, the sheriff of Oakland county, seized, and, by order of court, sold, under a writ of attachment against George Major, the plaintiff’s father and the husband of plaintiff’s intestate. The undisputed testimony proves that some time before the attachment was levied said George Major transferred the property in question to his wife, Dorcas. Defendant contended that this transfer was fraudulent. This issue was submitted to the jury, who rendered a verdict in plaintiff’s favor. We…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. N. & M. Friedman Co. v. Atlas Assurance Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Anderson Carriage Co. v. PungsMichigan Supreme Court · 1903

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