Legal Opinion

Timm v. Grand Rapids Brewing Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1910No. Docket No. 83Published

Certiorari to the superior court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Assumpsit by Charles Timm, Sr., against the Grand Rapids Brewing Company upon an indemnity bond. An order overruling a demurrer, is reviewed by defendant on writ of certiorari.

1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.

The defendant is a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling all kinds of malt and fermented liquors. The declaration alleges that it made a practice of furthering its business by aiding such keepers of saloons as purchased its product in obtaining sureties upon their bonds required by law; that in April, 1906, the defendant owned a hotel including a bar with fixtures and equipment designed for the retail liquor trade, and it desired to have such a business conducted there by one Carrel, and, to induce the plaintiff to become one of the sureties upon the bond required…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Coit v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Best Brewing Co. v. KlassenIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Winterfield v. Cream City of Brewing CompanyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Carson City Savings Bank v. Carson City Elevator Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Horst v. LewisNebraska Supreme Court · 1904

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