Legal Opinion

Horner v. Fellows

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1843PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Case certified to this Court by the Presiding Judge of Washtenaw Circuit Court, for the determination of questions reserved at the trial.

1Opinion of the CourtRansom, J.

This case was tried in the Washtenaw Circuit Court, on appeal from a justice of the peace. The action was brought by the plaintiffs, as administrators of E. Woodruff, deceased, for the recovery of the amount claimed to be due upon the following note or contract made by the defendant:

$20. Lodi, Sept. 8, 1837.

One year from the first day of January next, for value received, I promise to pay E. Woodruff or bearer, twenty dollars, with use. The above note was given for a fanning mill, which was warranted to be good and to do good business. If not good, the signer has the privilege of returning it…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Leeds v. Marine Ins. Co. of AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1817

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ablard v. Fort Wayne & Belle Isle Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Butters Salt & Lumber Co. v. VogelMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Hughitt v. SayenMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Hangsterfer v. ShaferMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Shed v. BrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1823

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