Truax v. Bliss
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Chester, J. Assumpsit by Jerome Truax against Almond L. Bliss for money alleged to have been paid under a mistake. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
This is an action brought for money claimed to have been paid under a mistake. The plaintiff claimed to have overpaid the defendant $272. The transaction came about in this manner: Mr. Truax, the plaintiff, applied to the defendant for a loan of $700. Defendant let him have $500, and indorsed his note for $200 at the bank. The loan was secured by a deed to the defendant of a small piece of land, which he was to sell, and by a bill of sale of plaintiff’s furniture in an hotel, which plaintiff rented from Dr. Baker. The land was sold for $650. The defendant claimed that at the time of the sale…
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