Fisher v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This was an action by Payette Brown, trustee, against Spencer O. Fisher, Alfred Mosher, Wilson H. Tousey, and Joseph Turner for the conversion of certain timber. Plaintiff recovered' judgment in the circuit court. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge.
The action below was for damages for conversion of 2,000,000 feet of lumber. Fayette Brown, trustee, the .plaintiff, recovered a verdict against Fisher and others, defendants, for $22,000. Many errors are assigned, but we find it necessary only to consider the assignment based on the charge of the court as to the measure of damages.
The facts necessary to state the question are as follows: Brown made a contract with one Johnson to sell him the pine timber on a half section of land in northern Michigan, held by Brown, as trustee, for $0,125 cash. Johnson did not pay the'…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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