Whitaker v. Kilroy

Plaintiff, who is receiver of the Granger Engine Works of Detroit (a corporation in process of voluntary dissolution and liquidation), sued .defendant for the value of a steam-engine furnished by the corporation. It appeared on the trial, and was not contradicted, that the work was done under a written contract made by Mr. Brandon, the superintendent and book-keeper; that the agreed price was $500, and that all of this price had been paid in full, in compliance with the terms of the contract.

Nevertheless plaintiff undertook to sue Kilroy for what he *637claimed to have been the actual outlay of…