King v. Van Slack
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Gratiot; Searl, J. Assumpsit by Frank W. Blair, Dudley E. Waters, and Samuel M. Felton, receivers of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, against C. E. Van Slack and others for freight charges. Paul H. King was by stipulation substituted as plaintiff for Mr. Felton, and when Mr. Blair resigned his name was dropped, leaving as plaintiffs Paul H. King and Dudley E. Waters. Judgment for defendants on a verdict directed by the court. Plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
This is a suit in assumpsit to recover the balance of freight charges on shipments of butter made by defendants from Breckenridge, Mich., a point on the Pere Marquette Railroad, to New York, Boston, and other eastern points, all outside the State of Michigan. The bill of particulars covers- a period from about May 1,1909, to about September 1,1913.
On the trial it appeared that for some time prior to May 1,1909, to December 31,1910, the Breckenridge Creamery Company was a partnership composed of all the defendants; that on December 31, 1910, defendant Obert severed his connection with' the…
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