McCammon v. Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham. (Howell, J., presiding.) Ejectment. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. It cannot be claimed that a general manager of a railroad, any more than any other employé, can admit away the title of his principal to land or other property: 'Michigan Paneling, etc., Co. v. Pars ell, 38 Mich. 475; Bond v- Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin R. R. Co,, 62 Id. 643.
1Opinion of the CourtSheewood, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs to recover of the defendant the possession of about six acres of land in the city of Lansing. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The cause was tried in the Ingham circuit, before Hon. Andrew Howell, circuit judge of the First judicial circuit, by jury. The plaintiff McOammon recovered, and the defendant brings error.
Four errors are assigned. The third, which we consider first, relates to an amendment allowed to the declaration at the close of the trial. The declaration, as originally filed, joined, with Melvina R. McCammon, Hannah…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rayner v. LeeMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Cox v. JaggerNew York Supreme Court · 1824
- Galbraith v. FlemingMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
3Cited by4 opinions
- Neal v. DavisOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad v. McCammonMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
- Gadsby v. MonroeMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- McCammon v. Detroit, Lansing & Northern RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1894