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113 Mich. 511

Smith v. Jackson

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 28, 1897

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1897-06-28

Assumpsit by Andrew Smith against John A. Jackson to recover a balance due upon a fishing contract. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.

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Affirmed · Decided 1897-06-28

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1957

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Hooker, J.

¶1The plaintiff recovered a judgment of $95 on appeal from justice’s court, and the defendant has brought it here for review upon the proceedings had before the circuit court, where the case was tried without a jury. A bill of exceptions was settled, and questions are raised upon the introduction and exclusion of testimony and upon the findings. The action was brought to recover upon a contract by which the plaintiff engaged in fishing in Grand Traverse Bay with nets furnished, respectively, by the defendant and himself. The fish were sent to the defendant, and payments were made thereon, and goods were furnished by the defendant to the plaintiff. The defense consisted of set-off and recoupment.

¶2The defendant testified in relation to his account, refreshing his memory by a “small memorandum,” upon which he was cross-examined. At the conclusion of this cross-examination, the plaintiff’s counsel was allowed to *512introduce this paper. It is contended that this paper was not the best evidence of the account, and that the books should have been introduced. This question hardly merits discussion, as the defendant produced and used the paper for his own purposes. The right to cross-examination included a right to see it and have the jury see it. Other-questions relating to the introduction of evidence are unimportant. We find none showing error.

¶3"""The bill shows that exceptions were taken to the findings of fact, though it fails to show when they were taken, or that there were specific exceptions to the several findings. Counsel have argued in their brief that the undisputed evidence shows several of these findings to be unsupported by testimony. We have examined all of these questions that are discussed, and are of the opinion that there was evidence supporting each finding; and, under well-established rules, we cannot review the judge’s conclusion.

¶4It is said that the court erred in not allowing the defendant the value of the hammer belonging to a pile driver, worth five or six dollars, which was not returned. The court found that it was lost during a storm, without the plaintiff’s fault. If, as the defendant’s counsel contend, this was furnished under the contract, the court did not err in his conclusion.

¶5The judgment is affirmed.

The other Justices concurred.
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