Chandler v. Allison

Decided October 14, 1862

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1862-10-14

Allison brought suit against Chandler, and declared in trespass as follows: “For that the said defendant, on- the fourth day of August, 1860, and on divers other days and times between that day and the time of commencing this suit, with force and arms broke into and entered a certain store of the plaintiff, situated and being in the city of Detroit and county of Wayne aforesaid, and known as number one hundred and seventy-six, on the south side of Jefferson Avenue, in said…

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Decided 1862-10-14

How this case has been cited

Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 1940 · most notably Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van Steinburg (1868), Allison v. Chandler (1863)

4 federal appellate · 24 state decisions

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Martin Ch. J.:

¶1I concur with my brother Campbell that the judgment should be reversed. Upon the subject of the admissibility of the cross-examination of Allison, respecting his interest and the terms of his holding, I have no doubt but thal the questions were proper, as they related to facts and circumstances connected with the matters stated in hi< direct examination, and to no new matter touching the merits of the case. They related to the terms and conditions of the holding, respecting which Allison had already testified; and are admissible under the rule of The People v. Horton, Dewey v. Campau, The Phil. & T. R. R. Co. v. Simpson, 14 Pet. 448, and Johnson v. Jones (reaffirming the rule), 1 Blade, 209.

¶2Judgment reversed.