Garfield v. Paris
Supreme Court of the United States
•Error to tbe' Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern ■ District of Michigan. This was an action by Paris, Allen, & Co., of New York, against. Garfield & Wheeler, of Detroit, Micb., to recover for certain- Spirituous liquors sold to tbe defendants by tbe plaintiffs, in tbe city.of New York. The facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Verdict and judgment for tbe plaintiffs; whereupon the defendants sued out this writ of error.
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•Error to tbe' Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern ■ District of Michigan. This was an action by Paris, Allen, & Co., of New York, against. Garfield & Wheeler, of Detroit, Micb., to recover for certain- Spirituous liquors sold to tbe defendants by tbe plaintiffs, in tbe city.of New York. The facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Verdict and judgment for tbe plaintiffs; whereupon the defendants sued out this writ of error. Tbe admission of tbe evidence concerning tbe labels,- which were not mentioned ,in the bill of particulars, was erroneous. • “ Tbe office of. a bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Neither the manufacture- nor the sale of Spirituous or intoxicating liquors is allowed by the law of the State where the present controversy -arose. Instead of that, the State law'provides that all payments- made for such liquors so sold may be recovered back, and that all contracts and agreements in relation to such sales shall be Utterly null and void against all persons and in. all cases; with' an exception in favor of the bona fide holders-of negotiable securities-and the purchasers of property without notice. 1 Comp. Laws, Mich., p. 690.
Two bills of goods, consisting-of spirituous…
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