¶1This case is clearly governed by Richards v. Tozer, 27 Mich., 451, and Johnson v. Moore, 28 Mich., 3, and it is only necessary to apply the principles there stated.
¶2The judgment must be reversed, -with costs, and a new trial ordered.
32 Mich. 93
Decided April 30, 1875
Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1875-04-30
Brror to Huron Circuit. Defendants in error sued plaintiffs in error in trover for ■certain logs cut on lands formerly belonging to one Kingsley. 'To prove their title they introduced in evidence a written ■contract, whereby Kingsley sold to them all the merchantable pine timber on said lands at a dollar per thousand feet, board measure, to be removed within three years from the ■date of the contract; and also proved title to the lands in Kingsley at the time the contract…
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Decided 1875-04-30
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently October 1928
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¶1This case is clearly governed by Richards v. Tozer, 27 Mich., 451, and Johnson v. Moore, 28 Mich., 3, and it is only necessary to apply the principles there stated.
¶2The judgment must be reversed, -with costs, and a new trial ordered.