Tillman v. Shackleton
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of assumpsit brought against defendant in error — a married woman who was engaged in keeping a boarding house — for certain furniture purchased by her, for said business. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff. The facts are stated in the opinions. 1. The defendant purchased the property in her own name, for herself, and not for her husband, or as his agent. Section 1, of the act of 1855.— Gomp.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of assumpsit brought against defendant in error — a married woman who was engaged in keeping a boarding house — for certain furniture purchased by her, for said business. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff. The facts are stated in the opinions. 1. The defendant purchased the property in her own name, for herself, and not for her husband, or as his agent. Section 1, of the act of 1855.— Gomp. L. § 3292 allows her to acquire property, both real and personal, “by gift, grant, inheritance, devise, or in any other manner.” The term grant, is…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
This suit was originally brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant in error in a Justice’s court, to recover the price of certain furniture sold1‘to the defendant. The Justice rendered judgment for the plaintiffs for two hundred and twenty dollars and costs.
The defendant removed the cause to the Circuit Court by certiorari, where the judgment of the Justice was reversed, and the original plaintiffs have brought the cause to this court by writ of error to reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court.
It appears by the return of the Justice to the certiorari, that on…
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