Davis v. Ingersoll
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari, brought by Davis, to reverse a judgment which Ingersoll had recovered against him, in proceedings before three justices of the peace of Wayne county, under the statute of forcible entry and detainer, R. S. 1838, p. 490, ch. 5. The cause was argued and determined at the January Term, 1840, of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhipple, J.
Ingersoll instituted proceedings against Davis before three justices of the peace, for an alleged forcible entry and detainer; and the case is brought here by a writ of certiorari to those justices, that the facts, as well as the matters of law, may be reviewed by this court. Upon an inspection of the justices’ return, it appears that the parties, on the 1st of September, 1838, entered into a contract, in writing, by the terms of which Ingersoll undertook to build for Davis a house agreeably to the specifications contained in the contract. Ingersoll agreed to enclose the building and finish…
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