Calkins v. Chandler
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Superior Court of Grand Bapids. cited: 1 ■ Pars, on Cont., 368; i Fast, 462; 1 Penn., 382; 3 Penn., 282 ; 5 Bawle, 68; 11 Mich., 219; FT Mich., 355 ; 4 Am., 296» cited: King v. Upton, 4 Oreenl., 387; Filing v. Vanderlyn, 4 Johns., 237.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley, Ch. J:
The question on this record arises under the statute ofi frauds. The case made by the plaintiffs below was rested on the testimony of Charles Merritt and Ered E. Bemingtom Merritt testified that “in the month of May, 1S74, he was acting as agent for the plaintiffs, and the plaintiffs had a chattel mortgage against a saw-mill owned by a firm known as Medlar Brothers, and that he called upon said Medlar Brothers for pay. The Medlar Brothers said they were sawing' lumber for the defendants, and if the plaintiffs would extend the time of payment on the said mortgage, the said Medlar…
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