Fruit Dispatch Co. v. Russo
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; Buck, J. Case by the Fruit Dispatch Company against Guiseppi Russo and Sam Spalla, copartners as G. Russo & Company,-to recover the value of goods fraudulently purchased. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff brings error.'
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This suit was commenced by capias to recover the value of a car load of bananas alleged to have been fraudulently purchased by defendants of plaintiff through a Mr. Forbush, its Michigan manager and agent, on May 20, 1899. The plea was the general issue. The case was tried before a jury, and verdict of no cause of action rendered. The defendants introduced no testimony, but they were both present in court during the entire trial, and were not sworn.
The testimony is all returned in the record, and was in no way contradicted or controverted by the defendants. It appears that on May 20, 1899,…
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