Legal Opinion

Beecher v. Bush

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 12, 1881PublishedCited by 90 opinions

Error to Superior Court of Detroit. Assumpsit. Defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.

The purpose of the action in the court below* was to charge Beecher as partner with Williams for a bill of supplies purchased for the Biddle House in Detroit. The facts are all found by special verdict, and are few and simple. Beecher was owner of the Biddle House, and Williams, proposed in writing to “hire the use” of it from day to day, and open and keep it as a hotel. Beecher accepted his proposals and Williams went into the house and began business, and in *193the course of the business made this purchase. The proposals are set out in full in the special verdict.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Loomis v. MarshallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1837
  2. Post v. KimberlyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1812
  3. Everitt v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1827
  4. Musier v. TrumpbourNew York Supreme Court · 1830
  5. Moore v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851

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3Cited by90 opinions

  1. Place v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1951
  2. Freeman v. Huttig Sash & Door Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Fink v. BrownTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  4. Huggins v. HugginsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Giles v. VetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1924

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