Legal Opinion

Showen v. J. L. Owens Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 4, 1909No. Docket No. 83PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Certiorari to Kent; Perkins, J. Attachment proceedings by John L. Showen against the J. L. Owens Company. An order overruling a plea in abatement and denying a petition to dissolve the writ is reviewed by defendant on writ of certiorari.

1Opinion of the CourtBlair, C. J.

On May 13 and December -26, 1904, the Arbuckle-Ryan Company, an Ohio corporation, and the J. L. Owens Company, a Minnesota corporation, executed written contracts at Toledo, Ohio, by the terms of which *323the Ohio corporation agreed to purchase Owens bean and pea threshing machines, to be delivered f. o. b. cars Minneapolis, the Owens Company “to guarantee the machines to be free from inherent and mechanical defects.” By the contract of May 13th the Ohio company is given the exclusive sale of the machines in certain counties in this State. By the agreement of December 26th the Ohio company was…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. St. Clair v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Barrow Steamship Co. v. KaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Reeves v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. McBride v. . the Farmers' BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
  5. People v. HawkinsMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Miller v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. Old Ben Coal Co. v. Universal Coal Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1929
  3. Robertson v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  4. Standard Fashion Co. v. CummingsMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Talbert v. Solventol Chemical Products, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1943

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