Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 53Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1885 |
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| Title | Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 53 |
| Authors | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper |
| Publisher | Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1885 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 May 2008 |
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