Doolittle v. Gavagan

The plaintiff, as survivor of the firm of Doolittle, Webster & Co., of Detroit, Mich., brought suit in the Alpena circuit court, claiming the right to recover against the defendant for a bill of goods sold and delivered to her in the fall of 1881, amounting to $631.12. The defendant admitted the purchase and delivery of the goods, but asserted that her- husband had paid for them, with the exception of eight dollars. The payment was claimed to have been made to John H. Webster, one of the firm, who was dead at the time of the trial. The jury in the court below rendered a verdict in favor of…