Underwood v. Waldron
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Branch Circuit. Henry Waldron, Chauncey W. Ferris and Allen Hammond, brought suit against Underwood in assumpsit, the declaration containing two counts, in substance as follows: First Count: For that, on January 26, 1853, the defendant, the plaintiffs, and certain other persons, were desirous of erecting a college building in or near the village of Hillsdale, for the benefit of themselves severally, and the defendant, in consideration thereof, and for the purpose of…
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Error to Branch Circuit. Henry Waldron, Chauncey W. Ferris and Allen Hammond, brought suit against Underwood in assumpsit, the declaration containing two counts, in substance as follows: First Count: For that, on January 26, 1853, the defendant, the plaintiffs, and certain other persons, were desirous of erecting a college building in or near the village of Hillsdale, for the benefit of themselves severally, and the defendant, in consideration thereof, and for the purpose of effecting said object, and in consideration that certain persons named did subscribe their names to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J. :
Judgment was rendered against Underwood, in the Circuit Court, upon a subscription made to aid in erecting-college buildings. He, with others, who were induced to subscribe by mutual reliance, agreed to pay certain sums to defendants in error, “for the purpose of purchasing land or erecting a college building, in or near the village of Hillsdale, for the use of the Michigan Central Colleger Plaintiff in error acted as one of a building committee in erecting a building, portions of the subscriptions, including part of his own, having been paid- in, and used for that purj>ose. In…
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