Legal Opinion
Sickels v. Anderson
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 1886PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error to Clinton. (Smith, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The facts .-are stated in the'opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
Plaintiffs sued defendant upon the following -obligation:
“ Elsie, July 6, 1872.
“For value received, we jointly and severally- promise to *422pay Sickels & Cobb, or bearer, fifty dollars, with interest for one year, payable one day after the grading shall be done, and the ties on the ground, sufficient for the road-bed of the Owosso & Northwestern Railroad, between Owosso and Elsie.
“J. C. Anderson.
“John Wilson.”
The undisputed evidence shows that a railroad company, known as the Owosso & Northwestern Railroad, was projecting and working upon a line of road from Owosso to Elsie, in Clinton county.…
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- Michigan Midland & Canada Railroad v. BaconMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan Railroad v. StarnesMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
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