Dickinson v. Matheson Motor Car Co.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the court below Dickinson, the plaintiff, recovered a verdict against the Matheson Motor Car Company, the defendant, for breach of an alleged contract to convey to him certain shares of its capital stock. The contract was *647said to have been made with the Matheson Motor Car Company, limited, a limited partnership of the state of Michigan, the business of which was subsequently taken over by the defendant. It seems to have been assumed and accepted that, if the Michigan company was liable, the defendant should be so held as its successor. On the trial the court below…