Legal Opinion

People v. Kemp

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 11, 1889PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to Ionia. (Smith, J.) Respondent was convicted of forgery. The facts, and points of counsel passed upon by the Court, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.

In 1884, M. J. Murphy & Co. was a corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, having its principal office for the transaction of its business in the city of Detroit. In that year this corporation entered into a contract with the proper anthorities for the employment of convicts, in the manufacture of chairs, at the Slate House of Correction and Reformatory at Ionia.

In carrying on this branch of its business the corporation purchased considerable quantitie s of lumber from different parties, which was delivered at the prison. The respondent, Kemp, was a…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Merchants' Bank v. State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. People v. MarionMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Harker v. AndersonNew York Supreme Court · 1839
  4. People v. HensslerMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  5. Bickford v. First National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1866

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. BiggeMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
  2. People v. . DolanNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
  3. People v. RanneyMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
  4. State v. CarraginSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  5. Shirley v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1916

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