Higley v. Lant
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lapeer Circuit Court. This was a suit upon contract originally- brought before a Justice of the Peace. The declaration was as follows: “The plaintiff complains of the defendants, for that heretofore, to wit, in the month of September, A'. D. 1847, the said defendants, for a valuable consideration, bargained and agreed to and with the said plaintiff to take thirty-nine hides belonging to said plaintiff, and tan the same in a workmanlike manner, and for such purposes…
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Error to Lapeer Circuit Court. This was a suit upon contract originally- brought before a Justice of the Peace. The declaration was as follows: “The plaintiff complains of the defendants, for that heretofore, to wit, in the month of September, A'. D. 1847, the said defendants, for a valuable consideration, bargained and agreed to and with the said plaintiff to take thirty-nine hides belonging to said plaintiff, and tan the same in a workmanlike manner, and for such purposes as they were suitable; all that were fit for' harness, bridle or sole leather, to be tanned without shaving, and those…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Pratt, J.
This cause, as appears, was brought into the Court below-by certiorari to the County Court, sued out by the defendants in error. The only grounds upon which an allegation of error was founded by them, in their affidavit for the allowance of the writ, were, first, “ that the County Court erred in allowing the plaintiff to proceed with his action, without having first paid the costs on setting aside the nonsuit;” and secondly, “ that the County Court erred in rendering a judgment on the merits for the plaintiff &c.”
These are the only grounds of error alleged, and upon them…
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