Brown v. McCord & Bradfield Furniture Co.

This case is an action of assumpsit brought in the superior court of Grand Rapids, to recover for the value of two boat-loads of lumber, which the plaintiff claims to have sold in 1882 to the defendant. The plaintiff obtained judgment for $54=2, and defendant brings error.

The plaintiff on the trial claimed that he in person sold to the defendant’s lawful agent for purchasing the lumber in question, and that he caused the same to be delivered to the defendant. On the contrary, the defendant’s theory was that it purchased the lumber at Grand Rapids of Buchanan & Mizner, and of whom its agent…