Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 184Michigan. Supreme Court, George C. Gibbs, Randolph Manning, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, William Jennison, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Dudley Fuller, Hovey K. Clarke, John Adams Brooks, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1916 |
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... action of slander , after plaintiff had been examined , and defendant had waived cross - examination , and following the testimony of another witness , it was within the discretion of the trial court to permit plaintiff's attorney to ...
... action of slander , after plaintiff had been examined , and defendant had waived cross - examination , and following the testimony of another witness , it was within the discretion of the trial court to permit plaintiff's attorney to ...
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... action against her brother , and that the grantee was in no way a party to the fraudulent in- tent on the part of the grantor . Appeal from Marquette ; Flanagan , J. Submitted November 4 , 1914. ( Docket No. 133. ) Decided January 4 ...
... action against her brother , and that the grantee was in no way a party to the fraudulent in- tent on the part of the grantor . Appeal from Marquette ; Flanagan , J. Submitted November 4 , 1914. ( Docket No. 133. ) Decided January 4 ...
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... action of the complainant had accrued - it conveyed the legal title to the said lands to her absolutely . Since the receipt of the deed she has disposed of cer- tain timber on the land , for which she received the sum of $ 300 . The ...
... action of the complainant had accrued - it conveyed the legal title to the said lands to her absolutely . Since the receipt of the deed she has disposed of cer- tain timber on the land , for which she received the sum of $ 300 . The ...
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... action for a breach of the building or construc- tion contract . 3. SAME - EVIDENCE - HEARSAY . It was erroneous to admit in the evidence a notice from the building department of the municipality , as tending to prove the condition of ...
... action for a breach of the building or construc- tion contract . 3. SAME - EVIDENCE - HEARSAY . It was erroneous to admit in the evidence a notice from the building department of the municipality , as tending to prove the condition of ...
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... action . Gentlemen , I think that is so . You have heard the testimony of the plaintiffs in this case that they intended to go on and build the house . If from the evidence , gentlemen , introduced , and under the testimony in this case ...
... action . Gentlemen , I think that is so . You have heard the testimony of the plaintiffs in this case that they intended to go on and build the house . If from the evidence , gentlemen , introduced , and under the testimony in this case ...
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