Harris v. Cable
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Wilber, J. Trover by Edward W. Harris, executor of the last will and testament of Jacob P. Batchelor, deceased, against Martha L. Cable, for the conversion of a promissory note. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
A statement of the main facts in this case will be found in 104 Mich. 365, a former judgment being there reviewed and reversed, and a charge directing a verdict for the defendant held erroneous. Upon the present record the main question arises upon a request to direct a verdict for the plaintiff, which the court refused.
There was evidence tending to show that Miss Cable was the housekeeper of the deceased, having come to reside in his family in 1853 or 1854, when she was a young girl, and remained with him until he died. A few days after his death, at a reading of the will, a son of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Harris v. CableMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
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