Finn v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Assumpsit by Matthew Finn and Alfred J. Ducharme, copartners as Finn & Ducharme, against the board of supervisors of Bay county to recover the deposit of a certified check in the hands of defendant county. A judgment for plaintiffs on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by defendant on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
In this action plaintiffs seek to recover the proceeds of a certified check for $2,500, delivered by them to defendant with their bid for the purchase of $135,000 of bonds, which defendant offered for sale by advertisement. Defendant pleaded the general issue and claimed the right to retain the check as stipulated damages, and also to recover its actual damages because of the failure of plaintiffs to carry out their contract and accept and pay for the bonds awarded to them. It was conceded that, upon a resale of the bonds, Bay county lost the sum of $136.74 in addition to the amount of the…
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