Hitchcock v. Pratt
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson. (Hooker,'J.) Trespass. Defendants bring error. The action for mesne profits is discussed in 1 Chit. PI.
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Error to Jackson. (Hooker,'J.) Trespass. Defendants bring error. The action for mesne profits is discussed in 1 Chit. PI. (7th Am. ed.) 222-5 : 2 id. 870, n. h; "Wood's L. & T. 982; and the damages recoverable therein are confined to (1) compensation for use and occu}3ation; (2) waste or special damage to the premises; (3) costs of the action for re-possession: 1 Sedgwick on Damages 249, 254: 2 id. 591; Bartholomew v. Olwpvn 10 Met. 1; Braman v. Perry 12 Pick. 118; the measure of damages is the same as in assumpsit for use and occu|3ation: jHolmes v. Davis 19 N. Y. 488 ; damages for…
1Opinion of the Court
ÍxRAVes, C. J".
For the purpose of understanding this controversy it will be necessary to mention four several store buildings in the city of Jackson, but it will save words to identify them.by numbers. The first is a building on the north side of Main street, and formerly owned by Douglass Gibson; and the second, a building nearly opposite, and belonging to George I. and Jacob IL Smalley; the third, a store contained in the block put up by Allen Bennett in 1881; and tho. fourth, a double store on the corner of Jackson and Pearl streets.
Prior to December, 1880, the defendants occupied No. one…
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