Nicol v. Fitch
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Frazer, J. Assumpsit by John M. Nicol, assignee of Eber B. Ward, against Amza L. Fitch and others, for services rendered. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
In the spring of 1894, defendants, being the owners of a vessel named the Ohio, Oapt. Galvin, representing the steamer Saginaw Valley, and Oapt. Scott, representing the Ford, made arrangements to run these boats on different days, in connection with the Vermont Central Railway, as one line of "boats, under the name of the Duluth & Ogdensburg Transportation Line, though they were owned and run by their respective owners. A contract was then made for the mutual benefit of the owners of the vessels, with Capt. Eber B. Ward, to act as agent in securing freight for these boats during the season,…
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