O'Neill v. Thompson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Law, J. Replevin by John G. O’Neill and Mary M. Atkinson against Eobert P. Thompson. There was judgment for plaintiffs; and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Plaintiffs seized an engine and centrifugal pump in the possession of defendant. Defendant gave a bond to prevent removal of the property and seeks to reverse a judgment rendered against him for its value. Both parties to the .suit claim through the same original owner of the property, plaintiffs as general owners, defendant as a purchaser who found the property in the possession of his vendor, bargained for it and had paid, when action was begun, $10 on an agreed purchase price of $150. No tender or payment was made to defendant before suit. At the trial, defendant insisted upon a general…
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