Hoffman v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; Buck, J. Replevin by Richard C. Hoffman and John T. Hill, copartners as R. C. Hoffman & Co., against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
The plaintiffs recovered in an action of replevin. Defendant brings error. The circuit judge found the facts, and defendant excepted to certain of the findings. As all the testimony is returned, and in essential points undisputed, the material points in the case may be as well understood by a succinct statement of the essential facts as disclosed by the record as by setting out the findings, which are lengthy.
The plaintiffs are dealers in railroad supplies. In April, 1899, one C. H. Lawrence, as a representative of the International Construction Company, opened negotiations with the…
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