Fuller & Rice Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. Houseman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Adsit, J. Assumpsit by the Fuller & Rice Lumber & Manufacturing Company against Joseph Houseman and another for goods sold and delivered. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
The defendants were the owners of several lots upon Houseman’s Fair Ground addition to Gránd Rapids. In February, 1895, they contracted with Schuiling & Kuipers to sell them two lots for $1,000 each, and agreed to furnish them $1,000 for each lot, to erect buildings thereon to cost about $1,800 each. In attempting to carry out this agreement on the part of Schuiling & Kuipers, Mr. Schuiling met one Mr. Torrey, agent of the plaintiff, and gave him figures for the bills of lumber for the two houses; and on February 28, 1895, the plaintiff made the following proposition:
“Messrs. Schuiling &…
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