Legal Opinion

Watkins v. Ford

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 1888PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Error to Kent. (Montgoméry, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.

Plaintiff was a member of a copartnership doing business under the firm name of William D. G~. Quig- ' ley & Co., and in August, 1886, claiming to haye acquired *358the interest of his copartner by assignment, brought a suit against defendant in justice’s court, and declared orally in assumpsit.

The defendant also pleaded orally the general issue, and gave notice of set-off and recoupment.

A trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the circuit court for the county of Kent. The plaintiff there filed a declaration in writing as an amended declaration, and abandoned…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ritter v. DanielsMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Roethke v. Philip Best Brewing Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Bolt v. FriederickMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
  4. McKevitte v. FeigeMichigan Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by25 opinions

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  3. A. Krolik & Co. v. OssowskiMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Chittenden & Eastman Co. v. Leader Furniture Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Converse v. ScottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902

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