Legal Opinion

Ellsworth v. Massacar

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1921No. Docket No. 93PublishedCited by 11 opinions

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…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hyatt v. AdamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Nelson v. CrawfordMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Greissing v. Oakland Motor Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Daley v. LaCroixMichigan Supreme Court · 1970
  2. TOMS v. McCONNELMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. HLO BY LEO v. HossleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
  4. City of Grand Rapids v. H R Terryberry Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. Perlmutter v. WhitneyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975

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