Cullen v. O'Hara
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw Circurt Court. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglass, J.
This was an action of trover for divers pieces of gold coin, amounting in all to $585, and was brought by O’Hara as the Administrator of Ann O’Brien, deceased, against Cullen. The cause was tried by a jury. On the trial, the plaintiff below proved his appointment as Administrator; that in November, 1848, his intestate died possessed of the money; that on her death it came into'the possession of the defendant, and that on demand made he refused to deliver it to the plaintiff.
The defendant proved that one James O’Brien, a brother of the plaintiff’s intestate, died intestate in New York, in…
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