Legal Opinion · Dissent

Sherwood v. Walker

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 1887Published

Error to Wayne. (Jennison, J.) Replevin. Defendants bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1DissentSherwood, J.

I do not concur in the opinion given by my brethren in this case. I think the judgments before the justice and at the circuit were right.

I agree with my Brother Morse that the contract made was not within the statute of frauds, and that payment ior the property was not a condition precedent to the passing of the titlo from the defendants to the plaintiff. And I further agree with him that the plaintiff was entitled to a delivery of the property to him when the suit was brought, unless there was a mistake made which would invalidate the contract; and I can find no such mistake.

There is no…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Allen v. HammondSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
  2. Cutts v. . GuildNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  3. Harvey v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  4. Williams v. SpurrMichigan Supreme Court · 1872

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