Legal Opinion

People v. Loomis

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1895PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to recorder’s court of Detroit; Chapin, J. Joseph W. Loomis was convicted of seduction, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison at Jackson for five years.

1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.

The information in this case charges the respondent with having seduced and debauched one Minnie Webb on or about the 1st day of June, 1893. The evidence on the part of the people tended to show that Minnie Webb was invited by respondent, in June, 1893, to go over to Windsor with him and be married; that they went before a man whom she at the time supposed to be a minister, and a ceremony was performed which she supposed at the time was regular and proper; that respondent told her that he did not have enough money to go to housekeeping, and that, as she'was already living with his mother, she…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hutchins v. KimmellMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Crane v. HardyMichigan Supreme Court · 1848
  3. Peet v. PeetMichigan Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Lorimer v. LorimerMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
  2. People v. AdamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Moore v. Lederle LaboratoriesMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
  4. People v. MendenhallMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Cosulich Societa Triestina Di Navigazione v. EltingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933

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