H. Leonard & Sons v. Stowe
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the superior court of Grand Eapids; Stuart, J. Assumpsit by H. Leonard & Sons, a corporation, against Ernest A. Stowe and Harriet E. Stowe for the price of goods sold. A judgment for plaintiff against Harriet E. Stowe and for defendant Ernest A. Stowe, on a verdict directed by the court, is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error. Plaintiff is a mercantile corporation.
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Error to the superior court of Grand Eapids; Stuart, J. Assumpsit by H. Leonard & Sons, a corporation, against Ernest A. Stowe and Harriet E. Stowe for the price of goods sold. A judgment for plaintiff against Harriet E. Stowe and for defendant Ernest A. Stowe, on a verdict directed by the court, is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error. Plaintiff is a mercantile corporation. The defendants are husband and wife, living together, maintaining a home in the city of Grand Eapids, Mich. This action was brought to recover the purchase price of certain merchandise furnished by the plaintiff during…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, C. J.
(after stating the facts). At considerable length counsel for the appellant has argued, and has supported by reference to decided cases, principles of law not controverted and not involved. The fact that the goods were charged upon plaintiff’s books to Mrs. Stowe would not necessarily estop plaintiff to claim that the goods were sold upon the credit of the husband. Larson v. Jensen, 53 Mich. 427, 430 (19 N. W. 130); Taylor-Woolfenden Co. v. Atkinson, 127 Mich. 633 (87 N. W. 89). The general principle which makes the wife, permitted to purchase goods, necessaries, and other than necessaries,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Larson v. JensenMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
- Taylor-Woolfenden Co. v. AtkinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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