Lignell v. Bruhns
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Livingston; Collins (Joseph H.), J. Assumpsit in justice’s court by Florent Lignell against John Bruhns for breach of a contract of leasing. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
Plaintiff worked defendant’s farm on'
shares the season of 1918 under an oral agreement. They do not differ as "to what the terms of their contract were, but disagree as to who breached it. Their prime cause of contention was the cows. By their agreement defendant was to keep ten cows on the place, and plaintiff was to have one-third of the milk checks and one-third of the increase. Ten cows were kept on the place until September when they were sold. Plaintiff claims they were sold without his consent and over his protest. Defendant insists that they were sold at plaintiff’s suggestion and…
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