Greene v. Richer

Plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Edward Dubord, deceased, brought suit against Walter Richer, doing business as the Delta County Bottling Works, at Escanaba, Michigan. On October 10, 1935, a customer of defendant required a quarter barrel of beer. Vincent Corcoran, who had previously done some work for defendant, was present at the latter’s establishment. As no beer was on hand at the time, Corcoran went to the Johnson Tavern and obtained a temporary loan of the beer. Later in the afternoon after a quantity of beer had been delivered to defendant’s place of business, Corcoran…