Hosley v. Scott
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Livingston. (Newton, J.) Defendant sued plaintiff and recovered judgment before a justice of the peace, which was removed, by plaintiff, by certiorari to the Livingston county circuit court where it was reversed. Defendant in certiorari brings error, and judgment of circuit court is reversed and one entered in her favor. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCiiamplin, J.
Olive Scott brought an action before a justice of the peace against Hosley, and declared :
*422“That on the twenty-first day of October, 18S4, she sold the defendant five hogs for the value of thirty-two dollars, ■and delivered them to the defendant.”
The defendant pleaded the general issue.
The parties proceeded to trial, and the plaintiff testified in her own behalf that she sold five hogs to defendant for $32, and that he had not paid for them ; that she had possession of the farm, and owns it. On cross-examination she testified that she pays her husband for his work; that the hogs were hors;…
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