Hannan v. Fisher

The plaintiff sued the defendant in an action in assumpsit upon the common counts, and recovered judgment in the circuit court for the county of Wayne-The plantiff claimed that the defendant authorized him to sell 10 acres of lapd owned by defendant, situated on Woodward avenue, in the city of Detroit; that in pursuance of such authority the plaintiff procured W. K. Anderson, who accepted and stood ready to take the 10 acres of land at 817,000, the price agreed upon between plaint*209iff and defendant; that, after this purchaser was procured, defendant refused to convey the 10 acres, which would…