Hidey v. Swan
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Isabella; Davis, J., presiding. Assumpsit by John T. Hidey against Marsena D. Swan to recover a balance due on the purchase price of real estate. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Long, O. J.
In June, 1894, the plaintiff conveyed to the defendant lots 1 and 2, block 4, Brown & Deaton’s addition to Mt, Pleasant, for the consideration of $1,600. The plaintiff was to accept as part payment for the property one-half of 590 shares of stock of the Mt. Pleasant Manufacturing Works, being of the face value of $10 per share, at the price per share that the defendant paid for it. The defendant then and there represented to the plaintiff that he paid 50 cents on the dollar of the face value for the stock, and that he would let the plaintiff have it for just what it cost him; and…
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