Chambers v. Hill
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo Circuit. This is trover, brought by Hill, as administrator of the estate of John A. Chambers deceased, against a son of the deceased, for the conversion of certain stock, grain and farming implements which the plaintiff claimed belonged to his intestate, and the son claimed as his own.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley, Ch. J:
When this case was brought to our attention before (Hill v. Chanibers, 30 Mich., 422), we endeavored to indicate rules which should govern on a new trial, and after a careful review of the present record, we are satisfied that in the main the circuit judge has kept within them. In a few instances it is possible that he may have been too liberal in admitting evidence that could have only a remote bearing on the controversy; but as we showed on the former occasion, the case is one in which the court should be very liberal in receiving evidence that can have any legitimate tendency…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hill v. ChambersMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
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