Legal Opinion

McDonald v. Weir

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 11, 1889PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to Iosco. (Simpson, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The facts, and points of counsel passed upon by the Court, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.

The plaintiffs sued defendant in justice’s court for labor performed, as they claim upon a joint hiring at five dollars per week for the two.

The defendant did not appear, and the plaintiffs had judgment for $89.39.

*244The defendant took a special appeal to the circuit court for the county of Iosco. Upon argument the special appeal was overruled, and the parties proceeded to trial as on a general appeal.

After the plaintiff Catherine McDonald had been sworn as a witness and examined and cross-examined, the defendant’s counsel asked for a nonsuit, on the ground that it appeared from her testimony…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sick v. Michigan Aid Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dietrich v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
  2. Hill v. ReedSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. Velthouse v. AlderinkMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Arizona Eastern Railroad v. CarilloArizona Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Graham v. NippressMichigan Supreme Court · 1923

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