Legal Opinion
Abbott Voting Machine Co. v. City of Eaton Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 1911No. Docket No. 46PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error to Eaton; Smith, J. Assumpsit by the Abbott Voting Machine Company against the city of Eaton Rapids for the price of certain voting machines. A judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The plaintiff wrote defendant as follows:
“To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of the City of Eaton Rapids:
“Wehereby submit to you the following proposition for the purchase of voting machines for use in your city. We agree to furnish and sell your city three improved Abbott Voting Machines exactly like the one you have examined, in time for use at your election in April, 1906, for the sum of $850 each.
“We also furnish with each voting machine one instruction machine. We also at the first election provide, without expense to your city, a sufficient number of competent men to assist in…
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