Ellsworth v. Massacar
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Sanilac; Beach (Watson), J. Case by Charles Ellsworth against Albert Massacar for conspiracy and assault and battery. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, C. J.
Plaintiff is a farmer 62 years old residing with his wife on a 40-acre farm in the township of Fremont, Sanilac county. As a prelude, it may be noted that events out of which this action arose were contemporaneous with war activities in a Liberty loan drive in the spring of 1918, touching which plaintiff relates that a neighbor named Doane, described by him as “the worst enemy I have in the world,” called upon him accompanied by another neighbor about a week before May 5th, and solicited him to subscribe for a Liberty bond which he refused to do, telling Doane he would take none from him. On…
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