Grabill v. Barnhart Bros. & Spindler
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Montcalm; Davis, J. Bill by Elliott F. Grabill against Barnhart Brothers & Spindler to rescind a contract on the ground of fraud. Defendant filed an answer in the nature of a cross-bill for the specific performance of said contract. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
Complainant in this suit was the owner of a newspaper plant in Greenville, Mich. He contemplated increasing the size of the newspaper he published from a six-column quarto to a seven-column quarto, and *82to publish a daily paper of the seven-column size, and for that purpose needed a larger press. Defendant, an Illinois corporation, was doing business in Chicago, dealing in selling, among other things, second-hand printing presses. In April, 1907, complainant sent his son to Chicago to defendant to purchase a press on which to print a seven-column quarto newspaper. There is no dispute between…
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