Comstock v. Howd
Michigan Supreme Court
Case made from Gratiot Circuit. The case was commenced in a Justice’s court. The declaration was as follows: “William W. Comstock, plaintiff, complains of John W. Howd, defendant, who has been summoned to answer him in a plea of assumpsit, and says that about the middle of June last, the said John W. Iiowd, William W. Comstock, and divers other persons, desiring to celebrate the fourth day of July, a. d. 1865, and also on that day to serve a free dinner to the soldiers and…
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Case made from Gratiot Circuit. The case was commenced in a Justice’s court. The declaration was as follows: “William W. Comstock, plaintiff, complains of John W. Howd, defendant, who has been summoned to answer him in a plea of assumpsit, and says that about the middle of June last, the said John W. Iiowd, William W. Comstock, and divers other persons, desiring to celebrate the fourth day of July, a. d. 1865, and also on that day to serve a free dinner to the soldiers and their families, of Gratiot county, and also desiring to raise a sum of money for the said purpose, did designate the said…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
This was an action brought to recover the amount of a subscription of the defendant, which was in the following words: “We, the undersigned, citizens of Ithaca and vicinity, agree to pay the several sums set opposite our respective names, for the purpose of furnishing a free dinner on the 4th of July to the returned soldiers and their families; also to the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers of Gratiot County.” This was signed by the plaintiff and defendant and twenty-five other persons, with an amount in figures opposite the name of each; the amount opposite that of the…
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