Legal Opinion

Little v. G. E. Van Syckle & Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 4, 1898PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to Bay; Kelley, J., presiding. Assumpsit by Edward C. Little against G. E. Van Syckle & Company, a corporation, for breach of warranty. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant, from which judgment an appeal is taken. The claim of plaintiff is that sometime about the 31st of August, 1894, the defendant, through its president, sold to the plaintiff a piano; that plaintiff informed the agent he knew nothing about pianos, and was informed by the agent, during the negotiations and at the time of the sale, that the instrument which was delivered to plaintiff was a first-class instrument of its kind and class, properly constructed, and in every respect a good instrument; and that, relying upon those statements, plaintiff…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McCray Refrigerator & Cold Storage Co. v. Woods & ZentMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Craft v. Parker, Webb & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Ortman v. GreenMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Grieb v. ColeMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Blodget v. Detroit Safe Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Swift Co. v. . AydlettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  2. Swift & Co. v. AydlettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  3. Aldridge Motors, Inc. v. . AlexanderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  4. Bouchet v. Oregon Motor Car Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Hercules Powder Co. v. RichCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924

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