Legal Opinion
Rumsey v. Fox
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 21, 1909No. Docket No. 60PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error to Ionia; Davis, J. Assumpsit by Chauncey J. Rumsey against John P. Pox and others upon certain promissory notes. A judgment for defendants on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendants are farmers who united in the purchase of a horse from J. Crouch & Son, of Indiana, who advertise to be importers, of horses. An agent of this firm came to the neighborhood in which defendants lived, and circulated a subscription paper, at the same time exhibiting the horse. The paper, which was signed by most of the defendants, was as follows:
“We, the undersigned, realizing the necessity of improving the stock of our country, do hereby agree to take the amount of stock set opposite our respective names, for the purpose of purchasing the imported German Coach Stallion Eginhart,…
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