Legal Opinion

Hemminger v. Western Assurance Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1893PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error to St. Clair. (Canfield, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, J.

Defendant was the owner of a steam barge and a schooner, both sunken in Lake Huron, the one off Sand Beach, and the other off White Rock. On September 2, 1889, it entered into a written contract with Thomas and Medar Isabell, by the terns of which the Isabells were to recover from these vessels everything worth saving, and deliver the same upon the dock at Port Huron, and in consideration the Isabells were to receive one-half of the net amount realized from the sale of the machinery, outfit, and the other things so saved. No time within which this work was to be done was named in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. BarkerMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  2. New York Iron Mine v. First National BankMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Hosmer v. WilsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Kearney v. DoyleMichigan Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Tucker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  2. People v. DupounceMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Levin v. HuntSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  4. Murphy v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  5. Burke v. Gaukler Storage Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1968

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