Zart v. Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Wisner, J., presiding. Trespass vi et armis by Minnie Zart against Andrew J. Brandau and the Singer Sewing Machine Company. A judgment for plaintiff is reviewed by defendant company on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The plaintiff brought an action in trespass against the defendants to recover damages for an alleged assault committed upon her by the defendant Andrew J. Brandau, while, it was claimed by the plaintiff, he was engaged in the business of the other defendant, the sewing machine company. The plaintiff recovered a substantial verdict and judgment, and the defendant the sewing machine company has brought error.(1) It claims that the court erred in denying defendant’s motion to direct a verdict for it, because it appeared from the undisputed testimony that Brandau and his companion, were not, at…
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