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3804 | bafkreify5raettht5ozaqrrhfzyndm7mks2bfl6fdcjxvleqabqrku7724 | 38 Mich. 90 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1878-01-09 | 90 | John R. Long v. Robert P. Sinclair.
Breach of Warranty — Constructive Eviction.
A declaration in covenant for breach of warranty alleged that by due process of -law the plaintiff had been ejected bv a person lawfully entitled to the premises. Held unsupported by evidence that he had recovered a verdict in ejectment fix... | 1337578 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 91 | 2021-08-10T18:09:48.590402+00:00 | John R. Long v. Robert P. Sinclair | Long v. Sinclair | John R. Long v. Robert P. Sinclair. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreicnzowgqlyfeui74lclmsno7zxqogcf3hgxhi7zmyrcrmz344y7we | Marston, J.
The plaintiff Long brought an action of covenant for breach of warranty. In his declaration, in setting up the breach, he averred that one John McFee, who had a lawful right and title to the premises, "by due process of law, entered into the same, and upon the possession of said lands and premises, and ejec... | 38 | 650 | |
30499 | bafkreihf7fo2lvhec2kkit622u6l5bq3cofnxdya5rncv5wtcjdoblaaue | 329 Mich. 683 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1951-03-01 | Docket No. 32, Calendar No. 44,916 | 683 | In re PETITION TO ESTABLISH AND QUIET TITLE TO LANDS AND RECREATING PUBLIC RECORDS IN MONTMORENCY COUNTY. HILL, INTERVENOR.
1. Quieting Title—Record—Appearance.
Person who filed an appearance in primary or principal statutory proceedings for establishing and quieting title to lands and recreating public records of land... | 1903046 | Reid, C. J., and Boyles, Dethmers, Butzel, Care, Bushnell, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 699 | 2021-08-11T02:33:59.067804+00:00 | In re PETITION TO ESTABLISH AND QUIET TITLE TO LANDS AND RECREATING PUBLIC RECORDS IN MONTMORENCY COUNTY. HILL, INTERVENOR | In re Establish & Quiet Title to Lands & Recreating Public Records | In re PETITION TO ESTABLISH AND QUIET TITLE TO LANDS AND RECREATING PUBLIC RECORDS IN MONTMORENCY COUNTY. HILL, INTERVENOR. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreihhbs3sjgfeudhz434mkulyfhzielbfh6rofilhxa7pzdmyu3gxe4 | North, J.
The relief sought in this statutory proceeding by Fred B. Hill and James Mathewson, intervening petitioners, was that a decree be entered "establishing and quieting title in petitioners" to 40 acres of land in Montmorency county, of which land they alleged they were the owners in common. The circuit judge, fo... | 329 | 5106 |
6709 | bafkreig6xxzk3hh2gtor4rwjskfkbyb574d4kgt3darfmmjhsct4vxpnwq | 68 Mich. App. 272 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1976-03-25 | Docket No. 21100 | 272 | PEOPLE v FREED
1. Arrest — Michigan State Police — Authorization—Governor— Attorney General — Authorized Subordinates — Statutes.
Arrests made by officers of the Michigan State Police do not have to be personally authorized by the Governor or the Attorney General since the Legislature in enacting a statute providing fo... | 2146855 | Before: M. J. Kelly, P. J., and V. J. Brennan and Danhof, JJ. | Michigan | 275 | 2021-08-10T17:23:25.454981+00:00 | PEOPLE v. FREED | People v. Freed | PEOPLE v FREED | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiayb6hpw2nusplrrd3wk7yyz3ql75ymnalbgcicfjgolj6v3fjunu | Per Curiam.
Defendant, James Donald Freed, was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon, MCLA 750.227; MSA 28.424, and carrying a firearm with unlawful intent, MCLA 750.226; MSA 28.423, on June 6, 1974, after a two-day jury trial. On July 16, 1974, defendant was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 2-1/2 to 5 years ... | 68 | 1100 |
5309 | bafkreigyazlawsmw2loqmftiin7uciuie326aaxv3tx6ep3bjt4uw3qag4 | 302 Mich. 381 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1942-07-01 | Docket No. 18, Calendar No. 41,470 | 381 | In re KIRKPATRICK’S ESTATE. KIRKPATRICK v. NOLAN.
Descent and Distribution — Widow’s Election — Personal Property.
When the widow of a testator elects to take under the statute rather than will, her election entitles her to take one-third of the personalty until her share amounts to $5,000 and thereafter one-sixth of t... | 1823408 | Chandler, C. J., and Boyles, Starr, Butzel, Bushnell, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred. Wiest, J., did not sit. | Michigan | 384 | 2021-08-11T02:32:29.479993+00:00 | In re KIRKPATRICK'S ESTATE. KIRKPATRICK v. NOLAN | Kirkpatrick v. Nolan | In re KIRKPATRICK’S ESTATE. KIRKPATRICK v. NOLAN. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreia55w5rf4jukq4hancxsyem5rxem4n22pasasljawxtoev2mr6umy | North, J.
Plaintiff is the widow of Littleton Kirkpatrick, deceased. She and four children by a former marriage survive him. He made no provision in his will for his widow or any immediate member of his family; but instead made Myrtice M. Nolan his sole beneficiary. Plaintiff elected to take under the statute of distri... | 302 | 886 |
15610 | bafkreieuslm2y6zbgmxmcbs2fhq6ngc2mzznoiohkyjiyulkycom4qsgbm | 381 Mich. 73 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1968-06-10 | Calendar No 13, Docket No. 51,743 | 73 | KWAISER v. PETERS.
Decision of the Court.
1. Intoxicating Liquors — -Dramshop Act — Equally Divided Court. Verdict and judgment of no cause of action in action under dramshop aet is aiiirmecl by an equally divided Court (CLS 1961, §§ 436.22, 600.230).
Separate Opinion for Reversal.
Black, T. M. Kavanagh, Souris, and O’... | 1889053 | Black, T. M. Kavanagh, and O’Hara, JJ., concurred with Souris, J. | Michigan | 81 | 2021-08-11T02:34:09.658419+00:00 | KWAISER v. PETERS | Kwaiser v. Peters | KWAISER v. PETERS. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiap3fycgquncopa26jvzujf4ovnyzgnkeko6rufpuccmh4436ahgi | Souris, J.
(for reversal and remand). We granted leave to appeal for the limited purpose of determining whether the trial court erred in denying plaintiff's motion for new trial based upon allegations that a juror improperly associated with defendant and his counsel immediately after verdict favorable to defendant and ... | 381 | 2624 |
19069 | bafkreiaw2pxo4ar2qdj6apuxztzkdfnuh5djmyrn6jgxpdp6vbquz3tlqq | 321 Mich. 225 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1948-05-18 | Docket No. 37, Calendar No. 43,953 | 225 | WHITE v. HUFFMASTER.
1. Automobiles — Place and Proximate Cause op Accident — Question poe Jury.
Where the testimony for the respective parties was in conflict as to how and where collision occurred between defendants’ automobile and motorcycle on which plaintiff was a passenger and who was the proximate cause thereof,... | 1919953 | Bushnell, C. J., and Sharpe, Boyles, Reid, North, Dethmers, and Butzel, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 235 | 2021-08-11T02:34:04.070680+00:00 | WHITE v. HUFFMASTER | White v. Huffmaster | WHITE v. HUFFMASTER. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreieulualjjua5r4bpvgnjhicthpj26zb2zcqzzvbrjdvoj3ifvmgta | Caer, J.
Plaintiff sustained personal injuries in a traffic accident occurring in the city of Detroit on the 18th of May, 1946, between 10 -.30 and 11 o'clock in the evening. At the time of the accident plaintiff, a young woman 18 years of age, was riding as a guest passenger on the rear seat of a motorcycle operated i... | 321 | 3224 |
7662 | bafkreibzryo5il4kqbdjt2hxtx7kenj5wlb3zegw62scm3iu3iy6dl7uy4 | 18 Mich. App. 435 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-07-30 | Docket No. 4,857 | 435 | BOARD OF CONTROL OF EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY v. LABOR MEDIATION BOARD
1. Constitutional Law — Colleges and Universities — -Legislative Authority — Constitutional Corporation.
A constitutional corporation such as the board of control of a state university may lawfully be affected in exercise by the legislature of its... | 2081147 | Before: McGregor, P. J., and R. B. Burns and Danhoe, JJ. | Michigan | 439 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | BOARD OF CONTROL OF EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY v. LABOR MEDIATION BOARD | Board of Control of Eastern Michigan University v. Labor Mediation Board | BOARD OF CONTROL OF EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY v. LABOR MEDIATION BOARD | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreifpwo6jqpcipnwjj2kr2jmvaoikgijkegrfucov3jy35etsdsphku | R. B. Burns, J.
Eastern Michigan University is an institution of higher education established by law having authority to grant baccalaureate degrees. Plaintiff is the constitutionally designated body granted the power generally to supervise and control the university. Defendant is an unincorporated state administrative... | 18 | 1218 |
6915 | bafkreidaame3j5p5lbtbilxts6esxtp5pifyoc5zhx5a4fflapjbuoptwq | 376 Mich. 237 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1965-07-13 | Calendar No. 59, Docket No. 50,687 | 237 | BENDER v. ZOBA.
1. Judgment — Correction of Decree.
A court of chancery has the power to direct the alteration or correction of a decree (CLS 1961, § 600.2321; GCR 1963, 528.1, 865.1[7]).
2. Same — Correction of Mistake in Decree — Quieting Title — Description of Premises.
Mistake in legal description of land in decree... | 1896467 | T. M. Kavanagh, C. J., and Dethmers, Kelly, Souris, O’Hara, and Adams, JJ., concurred with Smith, J. | Michigan | 241 | 2021-08-10T17:55:51.478092+00:00 | BENDER v. ZOBA | Bender v. Zoba | BENDER v. ZOBA. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreihtubnjrnxodd2axgidcq3mpm5k2x5roqp3q46pjajv7wd5xvz7vi | Smith, J.
This is the second suit between the parties about the same property. - In the first suit, through misdescription, the decree did not contain all of the property awarded. That this was a mistake of plaintiff's counsel is acknowledged by defendants and confirmed by the trial judge. This, the second suit, was br... | 376 | 1170 |
37155 | bafkreighltwnktb7ewpdvxfxf5vorx5l3wmllzjwwvobo2anaeexc76wsu | 435 Mich. 307 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1990-07-16 | Docket No. 84395 | 307 | GREGG v STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Docket No. 84395.
Argued November 8, 1989
(Calendar No. 10).
Decided July 16, 1990.
Robert B. Gregg and Nancy E. Gregg brought an action for damages in the Court of Claims against the State Highway Department as a result of injuries received by Robert Gregg when his bicycle struck a pot... | 1982784 | Levin, Cavanagh, and Archer, JJ., concurred with Brickley, J. | Michigan | 327 | 2021-08-10T16:59:18.536484+00:00 | GREGG v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT | Gregg v. State Highway Department | GREGG v STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreicd7b2abevmarhgiwoef4g25a6gmvy277lu4q7y2iwxk7yvmwlrf4 | Rrickley, J.
We decide in this case whether the highway exception to governmental immunity ex poses the defendants to liability for injuries suffered by a cyclist because of a defect in a designated bicycle path on the inner portion of the paved shoulder of a state highway. The Court of Appeals relied on our decision i... | 435 | 6118 |
11253 | bafkreihfsxbjuc5nwaugjnmyaaandzdi5dexhfkuf3oqiwf35ngth3q46e | 294 Mich. 160 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1940-06-19 | Docket No. 75, Calendar No. 41,076 | 160 | HUPP FARM CORP. v. NEEF.
1. Vendor and Purchaser — Finding cot Facts — Evidence.
In vendor’s suit to foreclose land contract and for deficiency, evidence held, to support finding of facts made by trial court as to time when vendees became in default, when their last payment was made, and when release of lot from mortga... | 1797830 | Bushnell, C. J., and Potter, Chandler, North, McAllister, and Butzel, JJ., concurred. Wiest, J., concurred in the result. | Michigan | 166 | 2021-08-11T02:32:27.790644+00:00 | HUPP FARM CORP. v. NEEF | Hupp Farm Corp. v. Neef | HUPP FARM CORP. v. NEEF. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiag3r2kosyzpdaeuohwpa26jucfixxlqmmw6nonqhhv2z43jmzjfa | Sharpe, J.
Plaintiff, as vendor, filed its bill of complaint August 15, 1938, for specific performance of a land contract or foreclosure and deficiency judgment against defendants. A decree was entered in favor of plaintiff for tbe sum of $4,063.38. Defendants appeal.
The facts are as follows: On July 19,1926, plaintif... | 294 | 1949 |
16387 | bafkreig66qxbjjwjqvoa3zcbddcsbb6upye3hwedpyfgruycxbij6cbf6m | 18 Mich. App. 358 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-07-29 | Docket No. 3,693 | 358 | GORDON v. GREAT LAKES BOWLING CORPORATION
1. Contracts — Performance—Substantial Performance — Definition.
The concept of what constitutes “substantial performance” of a contract is a relative one, the extent of nonperformance being viewed in relation to the full performance promised.
2. Contracts — Performance — Subst... | 2081352 | Before: Lesinski, C. J., and T. M. Burns and J. J. Kelley, JJ. | Michigan | 367 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | GORDON v. GREAT LAKES BOWLING CORPORATION | Gordon v. Great Lakes Bowling Corp. | GORDON v. GREAT LAKES BOWLING CORPORATION | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiffypa6sesiabb524252glic6sukuqiagstyzradt3g3wxdw34pa4 | Lesinski, C. J.
On August 20, 1959, plaintiffs, landlords, entered into a written 20-year lease with defendant, tenant, Great Lakes Bowling Corporation. The lease provided in relevant part that the landlords would erect on the demised premises a building sufficient to house a 64-lane bowling establishment and a parking... | 18 | 2562 |
8304 | bafkreihqwxd2sjrebv7i2lprdv3xdsvrvw7xkwr7z2w3jozvjniftiaamq | 411 Mich. 691 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1981-11-02 | Docket Nos. 64801, 64802 | 691 | PEOPLE v McLEMORE
Docket Nos. 64801, 64802.
Argued April 7, 1981
(Calendar No. 3).
Decided November 2, 1981.
Harold McLemore was charged, while he was serving a federal sentence for bank robbery, with murder, assault with intent to commit murder, and carrying a concealed weapon. The Wayne County Prosecutor obtained wri... | 1946002 | Coleman, C.J., and Kavanagh, Williams, Levin, Fitzgerald, Ryan, and Blair Moody, Jr., JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 695 | 2021-08-11T02:34:22.888631+00:00 | PEOPLE v. McLEMORE | People v. McLemore | PEOPLE v McLEMORE | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreics5tt7gcp3jhj37u3nph3kl52hbqbnypdhyxetyp5jw5ygjzfqcm | Per Curiam.
The dispositive issue is whether a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum constitutes a detainer within the meaning of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, MCL 780.601 et seq.; MSA 4.147(1) et seq.
I
The prosecution, by means of writs of habeas corpus ad prosequendum issued by the Recorder's Court for the ... | 411 | 1394 |
8222 | bafkreiaqwd2qa6kixsubdzil4yergg4cxuvz3wgu2m32cbj23bz36yti7u | 40 Mich. 196 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-21 | 196 | William H. Merrick v. Peter Mayhue.
Justice’s summons — Reimn—Non-suit—Affidavit for transcript of execution. '
The following,return of service of a justice’s summons is prima facie sufficient to give the justice jurisdiction: “I hereby certify that I have personally served the within summons on the within named defend... | 1328423 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 200 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | William H. Merrick v. Peter Mayhue | Merrick v. Mayhue | William H. Merrick v. Peter Mayhue. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiag46vnedvxby67f2t6we2u7b7omcczzt5zyb3cjkbuhlnsovazeu | Graves, J.
Merrick was under-sheriff and received an execution for collection against Mayhue.
It was issued out of the circuit court on an entry of judgment therein in favor of one Thomas Snell and against defendant in .error, and which entry was founded on a transcript made by Samuel T. Cantelon, a justice of the peac... | 40 | 1458 | |
42460 | bafkreia7k6qwi25fwrj3mxxtfgsvu5egm355pyz62glcteowf6ysqhmtpi | 439 Mich. 186 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1992-03-23 | Docket No. 89274 | 186 | WOODS v CITY OF WARREN
Docket No. 89274.
Argued December 4, 1991
(Calendar No. 4).
Decided March 23, 1992.
Dissenting opinion by Levin, J.,
filed March 27,1992.
Charles G. Woods, a Center Line police officer, and Joanne Woods, his wife, brought an action in the Macomb Circuit Court against the City of Warren, seeking d... | 2017503 | Cavanagh, C.J., and Boyle, Riley, Griffin, and Mallett, JJ., concurred with Brickley, J. | Michigan | 208 | 2021-08-10T17:25:16.933291+00:00 | WOODS v. CITY OF WARREN | Woods v. City of Warren | WOODS v CITY OF WARREN | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreifoffq6se4xnxw3c6e7nyq3likl6uzozevxipx5gtoinyfoalut5q | Brickley, J.
In this case, we are asked whether the fireman's rule adopted in Kreski v Modern Wholesale Electric Supply Co, 429 Mich 347; 415 NW2d 178 (1987), applies to bar a suit brought by a police officer injured following a high speed chase. Because we believe that it does, we reverse the decision of the Court of ... | 439 | 7126 |
16892 | bafkreidhyacrahhxhzqvfuganxycuzllrga5qg2dcnyaukhodiiujktgpq | 68 Mich. App. 458 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1976-04-06 | Docket No. 23702 | 458 | DETROIT MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS UNION, LOCAL 199, IATSE, AFL-CIO v EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
Opinion op the Court
1. Administrative Law — Administrative Board’s Decisions — Competent Material and Substantial Evidence.
The Court of Appeals will not disturb a decision by an administrative board that is based ... | 2146791 | Before: J. H. Gillis, P. J., and Quinn and R. E. Noble, JJ. | Michigan | 467 | 2021-08-10T17:23:25.454981+00:00 | DETROIT MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS UNION, LOCAL 199, IATSE, AFL-CIO v. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION | Detroit Motion Picture Projectionists Union, Local 199 v. Employment Relations Commission | DETROIT MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS UNION, LOCAL 199, IATSE, AFL-CIO v EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreidilem6cvuy3ug5zj2wnevv2uhmso2t53zeh37ucxyayylikkmpq4 | Quinn, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a decision by Michigan Employment Relations Commission which reversed a decision by an administrative law judge that defendants had committed an unfair labor practice. The decisive issue is whether the decision appealed from is supported by competent, material and substantial evidence o... | 68 | 2684 |
9905 | bafkreid5i56qqp5w3bsv3gncebqhswysh2ftadg5qv2oxr76igppth2hie | 40 Mich. 576 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-04-22 | 576 | John Quinn v. John C. Heisel
Arrests for threatened breaches of the peace.
Whether a municipal ordinance can justify arrests without process, where common law principles do not — Q.
Arrests may be made without a warrant for a breach of the peace committed in the presence of the officer.
Arrest cannot be made on informa... | 1328322 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 581 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | John Quinn v. John C. Heisel | Quinn v. Heisel | John Quinn v. John C. Heisel | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiacfryupurf7yqcexlng36kojscoxdnixxhhzpzkluxcasuuupka4 | Marston, J.
A careful examination of the record fails to show that plaintiff in error has any cause of complaint. The court certainly charged the jury, as to the right of an officer to make arrests without warrant for breaches of the peace, as favorably as common law rules would warrant, and we are not at present prepa... | 40 | 1751 | |
4843 | bafkreieyi2izvpjuja7lvhrvraxekbwzyptwmaxdpiurrdstg44wajxupi | 18 Mich. App. 25 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-06-25 | Docket No. 4,334 | 25 | PEOPLE v. JOHNS
1. Contempt — Criminal Contempt — Statute—Purge Provision.
Statute providing that one who refuses to answer questions of a one-man grand jury is guilty of contempt, but containing a limited purge provision, is a criminal statute (CLS 1961, § 767.5).
2. Contempt — Criminal Contempt — Statute—Purge Provis... | 2081203 | Before: McGregor, P. J., and R. B. Burns and Danhoe, JJ. | Michigan | 28 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | PEOPLE v. JOHNS | People v. Johns | PEOPLE v. JOHNS | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreickstqklicfe5sivovhs5imlxzbwpghzz2msy7qbv5ekrp2752sce | McGregor, P. J.
Defendant appeals his conviction for contempt. CLS 1961, § 767.5 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.945). Relying on his privilege against self-incrimination, defendant refused to answer questions of a one-man grand jury. After being granted immunity under CLS 1961, § 767.6 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.946), defendant ... | 18 | 805 |
1189 | bafkreifehydwsqbawqzeqooveuchnk4pgozix2hniobkrmdrfcvt3h52vu | 40 Mich. 631 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-04-23 | 631 | Attorney General ex rel. Calvin B. Crosby v. Police Justice of Detroit.
Embezzlement — Jurisdiction of police court.
The embezzlement of county funds by a city collector is cognizable by the police justice of Detroit as an offense within his general criminal jurisdiction.
Mandamus.
Submitted April 22.
Granted April 23.... | 1328374 | Michigan | 631 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Attorney General ex rel. Calvin B. Crosby v. Police Justice of Detroit | Attorney General ex rel. Crosby v. Police Justice | Attorney General ex rel. Calvin B. Crosby v. Police Justice of Detroit. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiad3hmg6whfzayvsic4v5dgdg4tn72ty2hsojsdopggryzxcisb6a | Per Curiam.
Mandamus to compel tbe police justice' to entertain a complaint for embezzlement of county funds, made by Calvin B. Crosby, treasurer of Wayne' county, against Christopher Apel, a ward collector of Detroit.
The police justice declined to receive the complaint,, which was otherwise regular, on the ground tha... | 40 | 194 | ||
4407 | bafkreigz7vlegxrem4smzno2etf5mfzfcvpfmrwubyi2wqv7zkef75ump4 | 248 Mich. 150 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1929-10-07 | Docket No. 126, Calendar No. 34,448 | 150 | BLACK v. POWELL.
1. Statutes — Constitutional Law — Re-enacting Old Sections Left Intact.
Where old sections of Act No. 222, Pub. Acts 1913, were left intact by amending statute (Act No. 361, Pub. Acts 1927), it was not neeessary, under Constitution (artiele 5, §21), to re-enact and publish at length old sections.
2. S... | 1847369 | ' North, C. J., and Fead, Potter, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred. Clark and McDonald, JJ., did not sit. The late Justice Fellows took no part in this decision. ' • ■ ■ | Michigan | 152 | 2021-08-11T02:33:22.965583+00:00 | BLACK v. POWELL | Black v. Powell | BLACK v. POWELL. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreig46apfofpur6gpbe6ygjzf3lwb3voj7ory4io5dbphdsz6b35hii | Wiest, J.
Plaintiffs are milk dealers in Saginaw county, and filed the hill herein to restrain defendants from enforcing Act No. 361, Pub. Acts 1927. The bill was dismissed in the circuit court, and plaintiffs appealed.
Since the hearing in the circuit the mentioned act has been amended by Act No. 60, Pub. Acts 1929, a... | 248 | 748 |
12210 | bafkreidedw6ajwntj2ign7yokl5n5mlhuz5y5iz25klkknm5f27yczycgu | 18 Mich. App. 14 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-06-25 | Docket No. 4,286 | 14 | PEOPLE v. COPE
Opinion op the Court
1. Arrest — Validity—Absence op Warrant.
Arrest without warrant for assault held, valid and reasonable where arresting officers knew of the shooting involved, had received information from other officers who had seen defendant in the area of the shooting and recorded the license numb... | 2081338 | Before: Fitzgerald, P. J., and Levin and T. M. Burns, JJ. | Michigan | 20 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | PEOPLE v. COPE | People v. Cope | PEOPLE v. COPE | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreicc3rg2jcj7ibn5zgc7c7iuc2fdmk673glve2dalbnaxeblj3gy6i | Fitzgerald, P. J.
Defendant was convicted of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and sentenced to prison. On appeal, he presents three claims of error.
First, and most substantial, is the question of whether there was a valid arrest of defendant so as to permit a reasonable search of his apartm... | 18 | 2045 |
3869 | bafkreiemmxco2itwyop6w52h55l5cu3wdo7zmdh6ni6vbjrgxz56ywhddi | 18 Mich. App. 339 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-07-28 | Docket No. 5,778 | 339 | FLACK v. WAITE
1. Action — Dismissal — Lack of Progress — Reinstatement — Notice — Court Rules.
Plaintiff whose action has been dismissed for lack of progress after being properly placed on the no-progress doeket is entitled to reinstatement where his attorney is not notified of the general call of the calendar as requ... | 2081247 | Before: Lesinski, C. J., and Quinn and Danhoe, JJ. | Michigan | 341 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | FLACK v. WAITE | Flack v. Waite | FLACK v. WAITE | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreieqseerqjgc6htrbwtg5lrtconqecrkpdapybubaw5qqlg5wtymse | Per Curiam.
Plaintiffs appeal from an order denying their motion to reinstate this case, which was dismissed for lack of progress March 7, 1966. The record discloses the case was properly placed on the no-progress docket, but the record fails to disclose that GCR 1963, 501.4 was complied with. At that time, plaintiffs'... | 18 | 615 |
15331 | bafkreifvg4tz5vsafwyx4y4ea46aq7xg3x5kvcv6y66xmq7mmppvbqibaa | 155 Mich. App. 99 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1986-10-06 | Docket No. 87504 | 99 | KALTER v KALTER
Docket No. 87504.
Submitted May 13, 1986, at Detroit.
Decided October 6, 1986.
Leave to appeal denied, 428 Mich 862.
Plaintiff, Judith A. Kalter, and defendant, Alan T. Kalter, were divorced in 1979. Custody of their minor child was granted to the plaintiff and the defendant was ordered to pay child sup... | 2279420 | Before: Hood, P.J., and Wahls and P. C. Elliott, JJ. | Michigan | 107 | 2021-08-10T16:59:13.873445+00:00 | KALTER v. KALTER | Kalter v. Kalter | KALTER v KALTER | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiajxwhihmod5xmsrkcjmkmdx3kjp5y2ogy6rcw7nvbubxczlwupwm | P. C. Elliott, J.
At a hearing for increased child support, Judge Steven N. Andrews ruled as follows (we add facts by footnote):
The pertinent facts presented to the Court are as follows: The parties were divorced on January 10, 1979. Custody of the minor child, Barrett, was granted to the plaintiff mother, and the def... | 155 | 2602 |
23191 | bafkreigafy7742ogoi4klmtbmbau37ozbleqapkvscgljynx76z7apo4zu | 222 Mich. 430 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-03-23 | Docket No. 73 | 430 | PETER SCHUTTLER CO. v. GUNTHER.
1. Sales — Contracts—Michigan Contract.
Where wagons were sold by a Chicago firm and were sent to remain in this State in the conduct of business here, the agreement is governed in all courts as to its construction by the law of this State.
2. Chattel Mortgages — Sales Contract — Reservi... | 1699274 | Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Bird, Sharpe, Moore, and Steere, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 442 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | PETER SCHUTTLER CO. v. GUNTHER | Peter Schuttler Co. v. Gunther | PETER SCHUTTLER CO. v. GUNTHER. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiade6xzojgngktmtdipino7jkfltqfdcahzyv3yip7busykr6jcqy | Clark, J.
On December 16, 1920, Fred Gunther, Sr., ordered, and in due course received, farm wagons from plaintiff. Important parts of the order, of conditions printed on back thereof, and of the invoice are printed in the margin. Notes were taken as indicated in the order and the invoice. The agreement was filed in th... | 222 | 4042 |
56372 | bafkreiaai2rwpqsikvlu6rjzlpjftvofjfbyv5zssfwtahiw5qdgy7r5d4 | 435 Mich. 599 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1990-09-11 | Docket No. 85050 | 599 | PEOPLE v HALL
Docket No. 85050.
Argued November 8, 1989
(Calendar No. 11).
Decided September 11, 1990.
Lisa Ann Hall was convicted in the Wayne Circuit Court, Charles S. Farmer, J., of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance of 50 grams or more but less than 225 grams. The Court of Appeals, Gillis, P.J., and Docto... | 1982792 | Riley, C.J., and Brickley and Boyle, JJ., concurred with Griffin, J. | Michigan | 629 | 2021-08-10T16:59:18.536484+00:00 | PEOPLE v. HALL | People v. Hall | PEOPLE v HALL | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiapubuz5ne36fhzbh7fhrwd7cm7lbr3ja3v7xdf25ulmlwgcnnjri | Griffin, J.
Defendant was bound over for trial to face felony charges on the basis of hearsay testimony erroneously admitted at the preliminary examination. Although it appears that the ensuing trial was fair and error free, the Court of Appeals determined that this error compelled automatic reversal of defendant's con... | 435 | 9279 |
28082 | bafkreifvcmsbgv37xevygixqpr4utyazkyje5warjzh5ipqtd5vlflh2ae | 68 Mich. App. 599 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1976-04-27 | Docket No. 24311 | 599 | WITUCKE v PRESQUE ISLE BANK
1. Motions — Accelerated Judgment — Summary Judgment — Mislabeling — Release—Court Rules.
A defendant’s motion that a claim is barred because of a release given by a plaintiff to certain other defendants is properly labeled as a motion for accelerated judgment and not as a motion for summary... | 2146771 | Before: McGregor, P. J., and Bashara and Allen, JJ. | Michigan | 613 | 2021-08-10T17:23:25.454981+00:00 | WITUCKE v. PRESQUE ISLE BANK | Witucke v. Presque Isle Bank | WITUCKE v PRESQUE ISLE BANK | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreig5wvvt5kuinvy43pua3elh365rftab7gtwtslvcghg67wv6ccvxa | Bashara, J.
Defendant bank appeals a jury verdict of $225,000 entered against it in Oakland County Circuit Court. Defendant alleges the trial judge erroneously denied its summary judgment motion, improperly issued a directed verdict on liability in plaintiffs favor, and mistakenly severed from the main suit its third-p... | 68 | 4492 |
8156 | bafkreigkfwkgt6acuthevngzgu7juhikfilrlvrqoyrig5uwdu3vvu3wdm | 40 Mich. 222 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-21 | 222 | The Northern Central Michigan Railroad Company v. Champion Eslow et al.
Subscription to railway construction — Acceptance.
A subscription paper was beaded as follows: “We, the undersigned, in consideration that the Northern Central Michigan Railroad Company shall proceed to the building of said road, hereby agree to pa... | 1328519 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 225 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | The Northern Central Michigan Railroad Company v. Champion Eslow et al. | Northern Central Michigan Railroad v. Eslow | The Northern Central Michigan Railroad Company v. Champion Eslow et al. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreid6fd2adehedaiewtejzhgufnnv7k4eeqmvbr6bn3yhkb6y3c2j6e | Cooley, J.
This is an action to recover a subscription of one thousand dollars made by the defendants to the following paper:
"We, the undersigned, in consideration that the North- . ern Central Michigan Railroad Company shall proceed to the building of said road, hereby agree to pay to said company, — -for which we sh... | 40 | 1361 | |
3267 | bafkreieivcvps6cknsfpnwlk2qbn36on6rhlq3pgejb6bhcy6j33saxuvi | 18 Mich. App. 259 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-06-26 | Docket No. 5,996 | 259 | PEOPLE v. HENSON
1. Criminal Law — Uttering and Publishing False Instrument ■ — Plea of Guilty — Voluntariness of Plea.
The fact that defendant told the prosecuting attorney that he would like to be treated for his addiction to alcohol does not establish a basis for concluding that the prosecutor promised that defendan... | 2081360 | Before: J. H. Gillis, P. J., and Levin and Bronson, JJ. | Michigan | 261 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | PEOPLE v. HENSON | People v. Henson | PEOPLE v. HENSON | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreicrv4rtuf55slwtygyijr6ia4j5sdk37w75ctnczkfw6jcl764tce | J. H. Gillis, P. J.
On May 22, 1968, defendant pled guilty to the crime of uttering and publishing a check without having a cheeking account (CL 1948, § 750.131a [Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.326(1)]) and subsequently was sentenced to serve one year and eleven months to two years. Prom this conviction and sentence defendant ... | 18 | 540 |
16497 | bafkreigo2fffbcas5ar4tfa6lpxe7qkutisyvf5hhw3hoth74c6ibak2xm | 257 Mich. 52 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1932-01-04 | Docket No. 142, Calendar No. 35,912 | 52 | In re DETROIT INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CO.
1. Licenses — Annual Privilege Fee — Computation on Fee.
Money in hands of Michigan bridge corporation’s trustee in another State, to be expended in construction of bridge, was properly included in computation fixing corporation’s annual privilege fee, under 2 Comp. Laws 1929, §§ ... | 1865712 | Clark, C. J., and McDonald, Potter, North, Fead, Wiest, and Butzel, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 60 | 2021-08-11T02:33:34.774431+00:00 | In re DETROIT INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CO. | In re Detroit International Bridge Co. | In re DETROIT INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CO. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreidaahm2i4tynyk6rhfv5nsqpdxramxn2v2ri3fry6ynkufkcs364a | Sharpe, J.
This case involves appeals by the Detroit International Bridge Company, a Michigan corporation, with its principal office in the city of Detroit, from the determination of the corporation tax appeal board fixing its annual privilege fees for the years 1929 and 1930.
The purposes for which the bridge company ... | 257 | 2800 |
2014 | bafkreicndghvn6lncyhbvl6q6bcirp6qzs6jen4k2nnnvpgpahhv7hlp4y | 18 Mich. App. 320 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-07-28 | Docket No. 5,216 | 320 | PEOPLE v. SMITH
Criminal Law — Trial — Conduct of Prosecutor — Inflammatory Comments — Review. . • .
Prosecutor’s comments during rebuttal at defendant’s trial, for assault with intent to commit rape alleged to be so inflammatory as to deny defendant a fair trial, held, not grounds for reversal, where the trial court, ... | 2081259 | Before: T. M. Burns, P. J., and Fitzgerald and R. B. Burns, JJ. | Michigan | 321 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | PEOPLE v. SMITH | People v. Smith | PEOPLE v. SMITH | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreibv5ofygcykga75r4do6aovzbhtpcitbqzbvcwlfcjop43zcnd64e | Per Curiam.
Defendant Jerry Smith, was tried by a jury and convicted of assault with intent to commit rape contrary to MCLA § 750.85 (Stat Ann 1962 Eev § 28.280). On appeal he contends that certain comments of the prosecutor during rebuttal argument to the jury were so inflammatory as to deprive him of a fair trial. Th... | 18 | 326 |
15446 | bafkreihefjt7btu27akb6gleq42wefjhgtlvushtsrhf6552wa7tp4sbw4 | 155 Mich. App. 369 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1986-10-08 | Docket No. 85901 | 369 | NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE GROUP v LABOMBARD
Docket No. 85901.
Submitted May 13, 1986, at Lansing.
Decided October 8, 1986.
Leave to appeal applied for.
New Hampshire Insurance Group, as subrogee of its insured Harold Higgerson, and Harold Higgerson, individually, filed an action in the Genesee Circuit Court against Rosem... | 2279330 | Before: D. F. Walsh, P.J., and Sullivan and N. A. Baguley, JJ. | Michigan | 377 | 2021-08-10T16:59:13.873445+00:00 | NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE GROUP v. LABOMBARD | New Hampshire Insurance Group v. Labombard | NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE GROUP v LABOMBARD | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreifumakrkpqa5wru6rqk6lzbztzxdtsljwfhkzppmauqqpyo6vlvwm | D. F. Walsh, P.J.
Plaintiffs, New Hampshire Insurance Group, subrogee of Harold Higgerson, and Harold Higgerson, individually, appeal from an order of the circuit court granting summary disposition in favor of defendant, Rosemary La-bombard. MCR 2.116(C)(8).
On March 12, 1983, plaintiff New Hampshire Insurance Group wa... | 155 | 2511 |
14549 | bafkreiazqag7m4k5kkzwdhlyxj636hmwtbt53jnxmcyq67b3sn4hfzitoq | 18 Mich. App. 426 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-07-30 | Docket No. 4,759 | 426 | In re EVANS EVANS v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, PARDON AND PAROLE COMMISSION
1. Criminal Law — Sentence—Parole Violation — Credit for Time Served.
A person found guilty of violation of parole from state prison by reason of conviction of a Federal crime held, entitled to credit, under prior law, on his state prison term... | 2081233 | Before: Fitzgerald, P. J., and Levin and T. M. Burns, JJ. | Michigan | 434 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | In re EVANS EVANS v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, PARDON AND PAROLE COMMISSION | Evans v. Department of Corrections, Pardon & Parole Commission | In re EVANS EVANS v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, PARDON AND PAROLE COMMISSION | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreif3malxhpowsinss5a7cozpk2odex3xutqd6alfjmomq3qdna5auu | T. M. Burns, J.
Appellant here appeals the dismissal of his complaint for a writ of habeas corpus against the department of corrections, pardon and parole commission, by the circuit court. The essential facts in this cause are not in dispute.
On January 30, 1953, following a conviction for possession of narcotics, plai... | 18 | 2455 |
1589 | bafkreihl7jqxlxq2crolfpujfrcuyigwwdesdcbstj655ozgplle5dro6a | 229 Mich. 490 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1924-12-31 | Docket No. 133 | 490 | MINER v. DETROIT FIDELITY & SURETY CO.
This case is controlled by Plate v. Detroit Fidelity & Surety Co., ante, 482.
Error to Lenawee; Hart (Burton L.), J.
Submitted October 23, 1924.
(Docket No. 133.)
Decided December 31, 1924.
Case by Dan C. Miner against the Detroit Fidelity & Surety Company and others for fraud in ... | 1684669 | McDonald, Sharpe, Steere, Fellows, and Wiest, JJ., concurred. Bird and Moore, JJ., did not sit. | Michigan | 491 | 2021-08-11T02:31:39.859753+00:00 | MINER v. DETROIT FIDELITY & SURETY CO. | Miner v. Detroit Fidelity & Surety Co. | MINER v. DETROIT FIDELITY & SURETY CO. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreifzoiyqzug466mvfeylrbd337z27d3u7zakbzwpstdurfjiakzvwy | Clark, C. J.
Plaintiff signed subscription for 50 shares Of the capital stock of the defendant, the consideration named being $5,000, $1,250 cash, remainder in deferred payments. For the $1,250 he gave his negotiable promissory note, which, in the hands of a holder for value without notice, he was made to pay in the th... | 229 | 254 |
8928 | bafkreigtpzu6fadod456ol6entkuu7ahzdom5uvuv4qjlhk3agg27y6b2a | 329 Mich. 453 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1951-01-08 | Docket No. 85, Calendar No. 44,881 | 453 | REECK v. CALOY CORPORATION.
1. Appeal and Error—Nonjury Cases—Evidence.
The Supreme Court does not reverse a judgment in a nonjury ease in which there are disputed questions of fact unless the testimony clearly preponderates in the opposite direction.
2. Accord and Satisfaction—Evidence—Sales.
Defendant’s claim that an... | 1903061 | Reid, C. J., and North, Dethmers, Butzel, Carr, Btjshnell, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 458 | 2021-08-11T02:33:59.067804+00:00 | REECK v. CALOY CORPORATION | Reeck v. Caloy Corp. | REECK v. CALOY CORPORATION. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreidv43jw7jtrmzzj3mxwezzgjcet3z45tamjx6popemp7f3dt44ooe | Boyles, J.
This suit wás brought by plaintiff to recover damages from the Caloy Corporation for breach of an oral contract, claiming that the defendant had broken an agreement for plaintiff to become the exclusive distributor for the defendant's products (metal tile). The case was heard by the circuit judge without a j... | 329 | 1407 |
81616 | bafkreidfytrcn4towqghu3ygwjnoptdu7cgxmsdm66ug7rucfxkbazxnfi | 229 Mich. 315 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1924-12-10 | Docket No. 180 | 315 | PEOPLE v. RUTHENBERG.
1. Insurrection — Statutes — Constitutional Law — Criminal Syndicalism — Right to Peaceably Assemble — Free Speech.
Act No. 255, Pub. Aets 1919, defining criminal syndicalism as tbe doctrine wbicb advocates crime, sabotage, violence, or other unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of accomplishi... | 1684603 | McDonald, Sharpe, Steere, and Fellows, JJ., concurred with Wiest, J. | Michigan | 357 | 2021-08-11T02:31:39.859753+00:00 | PEOPLE v. RUTHENBERG | People v. Ruthenberg | PEOPLE v. RUTHENBERG. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreig23z6fabdj2o26m64qwfvvdxtgcerictgchqocpcqg26mgwqcmr4 | WlEST, J.
Convicted of criminal syndicalism defendant prosecutes review on exceptions before sen-' tence. The information charged:
"That heretofore, to wit, on the 20th day of August A. D. 1922, in the township of Lake (Berrien county, this State), C. E. Ruthenberg did voluntarily assemble with a certain society, group... | 229 | 13447 |
6973 | bafkreib66zedxmiyh22hbe62yar4bfom76x6tuchyvrb6aifzahbvebxne | 222 Mich. 64 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-03-22 | Docket No. 5 | 64 | GEORGE v. JEFFRIES.
1. Fraud — Damages—Measure of Damages in Misrepresenting Value of Property.
In an action for fraud in misrepresenting the value of a farm in an exchange of property, the trial court properly instructed the jury that if they found that plaintiffs had been defrauded their measure of damages was the di... | 1699230 | Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Clark, Sharpe, and Steeee, JJ., concurred. Moore, J., did not sit. | Michigan | 67 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | GEORGE v. JEFFRIES | George v. Jeffries | GEORGE v. JEFFRIES. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreib7uxyfqrscnh35epm3oosh4wh5d5o5wmoyrv2isorc5czebeofwq | Bird, J.
Plaintiffs owned a small tract of land near Phoenix, Arizona, which they claimed was worth $25,000, and upon which they had paid $12,000. Defendant owned a farm of 85 acres situate in Long Lake township, in Grand Traverse county, which he estimated was worth $10,000. The personal property thereon he thought wa... | 222 | 1191 |
3539 | bafkreibyzm4zq4y22ev2mjd77amwltbuwjiof4ffs35w4qqiurslf4cv7m | 248 Mich. 619 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1929-12-03 | Docket No. 145, Calendar No. 34,331 | 619 | PEOPLE v. SNELENBERGER.
Receiving Stolen Goods — Criminal Law — Soteiciénoy on Evidence.
Where, in prosecution for receiving stolen automobile knowing it to have been stolen, no witnesses were called for defendant, and evidence submitted by people justified conviction, defendant’s motion for directed verdict was proper... | 1847339 | North, C. J., and Fead, Butzel, Wiest, Clark, McDonald, and Potter, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 621 | 2021-08-11T02:33:22.965583+00:00 | PEOPLE v. SNELENBERGER | People v. Snelenberger | PEOPLE v. SNELENBERGER. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiatixiaaxst4zjtby6mv7dpe46ygicjqpozfbfmeffiqxxnhgm3bi | Sharpe, J.
Reuben and Kenneth Snelenberger, sons of the defendant, pleaded guilty to the larceny of a Chevrolet landau sedan from one John Jablonski at Bay City on September 13, 1928, and are now serving a sentence therefor in the State prison at Marquette. The defendant was convicted of receiving this automobile, know... | 248 | 612 |
16687 | bafkreicwhyxfp6bfc6izpiffyy6ayyr34jwps5whiobsmzdjw7scandrpe | 355 Mich. 686 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1959-04-13 | Docket No. 45, Calendar No. 47,777 | 686 | BOWLER v. BOWLER.
1. Divorce — Modification of Decree — Change of Custody — Evidence — Mental Illness — Visitation.
A change of custody of 3 children, now 15, 10 and 9 years of age, from mother to father on latter’s petition for modification of decree of divorce held, amply sustained, under evidence showing the father ... | 1865422 | Dethmers, C. J., and Carr, Kelly, Smith, Black, Edwards, and Kavanagh, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 695 | 2021-08-11T02:34:07.675373+00:00 | BOWLER v. BOWLER | Bowler v. Bowler | BOWLER v. BOWLER. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreif6tbdn67vk2djp3xde6q2mlpryio4jhwtg4muvyfvugmzptxrdre | Voelker, J.
This sad case is still another chapter in a prolonged dispute over the custody- of 3 minor children originally awarded the plaintiff mother and present appellant by decree in her ultimately uncontested divorce action against the defendant father .and present appellee. By inference it appears that the childr... | 355 | 2777 |
4625 | bafkreibgejq2jdottok22ah3mcv5zta6pllenrbleikplycxyet5qczsje | 222 Mich. 312 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-03-22 | Docket No. 123 | 312 | MINOR v. WATKINS.
Judgment — Res Adjudicata — Setting Aside Decree.
In a suit to set aside a decree in a former suit, affirmed by tbe Supreme Court, tbe finding of tbe court below that every essential matter of fact now raised was before the court in the former' case, and that the decree is res adjudicata upon the issu... | 1699289 | Wiest, C. J., and McDonald, Clark, Bird, Sharpe, Moore, and Steere, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 314 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | MINOR v. WATKINS | Minor v. Watkins | MINOR v. WATKINS. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreibst4zhj4inpgi4sac6ouqzdbsdbq7dd5bdpcb3yoee2usfjypv6i | Fellows, J.
This bill is filed to set aside a decree entered in the circuit court for the county of St. Clair, in chancery, and affirmed by this court in Watkins, v. Minor, 214 Mich. 380. The opinion in that case fully discloses the facts; the case being a chancery case was here heard de novo. As the testimony was conf... | 222 | 806 |
6591 | bafkreifm3kdbaj6e4im2cyrv43zuziukzksfzea4wl5ljgw45ghabnyxma | 40 Mich. 247 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-28 | 247 | Michigan Central R. R. Co. v. Patrick Austin.
Risks of employment — Injury to railroad employee.
A switchman while standing on the foot-hoard of a tender that was backing on a side-track, let go the hand-rail to shift his lantern from one hand to the other, and was thrown off by a jerk caused by a worn rail left there ... | 1328441 | Graves and Cooley, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 250 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Michigan Central R. R. Co. v. Patrick Austin | Michigan Central R. R. v. Austin | Michigan Central R. R. Co. v. Patrick Austin. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreigqn2qqgmxnyd6xatf4dhqhpw42ch6lhk6r7n3ewdvqzv4iuedv2i | Campbell, C. J.
We think plaintiff below had no ground of recovery. The accident which happened to him occurred from his being thrown off a foot board on the rear of a tender while backing up. This board was a narrow board which the switchmen were accustomed to get on and off while coupling and uncoupling cars and open... | 40 | 1294 | |
6453 | bafkreia7a7o6ivir24iyf5x2i7urvro3jrkv2oil2fkzk3ixpr6acjiqxu | 18 Mich. App. 21 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-06-25 | Docket No. 4,304 | 21 | PEOPLE v. WISE
1. Jury — Voir Dire — Dismissal op Juror — Objection—Appeal and Error.
Voir dire examination, revealing that prospective juror was acquainted with a prosecution witness, does not bind the court to a sua sponte dismissal of the juror where defense counsel did not object nor use his peremptory challenge to... | 2081190 | Before: Lesinski, C. J., and Quinn and Danhoe, JJ. | Michigan | 25 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | PEOPLE v. WISE | People v. Wise | PEOPLE v. WISE | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiav3kdtx2wuqjw7tguuy3qogyve2azrlme225e4funr3aidu2kp5a | Lesinski, C. J.
Defendant was convicted by jury verdict of breaking and entering a building with intent to commit larceny therein contrary to MCLA § 750.110 (Stat Ann 1968 Cum Supp § 28.305), and he appeals.
Defendant first contends that the trial court committed reversible error in failing sua sponte to excuse a prosp... | 18 | 1041 |
11091 | bafkreiguoo4r4zuevdyxmca3sf5p7qfmjn4seeosobvfblwzdozzymc4p4 | 40 Mich. 585 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-04-22 | 585 | The People ex rel. Eugene E. Douvielle, Judge of Probate v. The Board of Supervisors of Manistee County.
Boards of supervisors cannot regulate judicial salaries.
The schedule to the constitution was meant to provide for temporary purposes only, and its provisions cannot be given permanent effect where any other interpr... | 1328501 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 590 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | The People ex rel. Eugene E. Douvielle, Judge of Probate v. The Board of Supervisors of Manistee County | People ex rel. Douvielle v. Board of Supervisors | The People ex rel. Eugene E. Douvielle, Judge of Probate v. The Board of Supervisors of Manistee County. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreih47vwou2vjnglw4gxe3yldmok4svm4iburahvkdhdpadxdor5b3y | Campbell, C. J.
Relator was elected judge of probate of Manistee county in November, 1876, and his official term of four years began January 1, 1877. The board of supervisors in October, 1875, fixed the salary of the office at five hundred dollars. On the 18th of April, 1877, they reduced it to four hundred dollars, an... | 40 | 1939 | |
6236 | bafkreibseerepmzznw4nqpfvogjbndegodvswdr6awmkdo6ct5lpczzsnq | 294 Mich. 343 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1940-09-06 | Docket No. 39, Calendar No. 41,129 | 343 | COLEMAN v. WASHINGTON THEATRE CO.
1. Theaters and Shows — Moving Picture Theaters — Saee Condition op Premises.
A moving picture theater is a place to which the public is invited and in which the invitees have a right to presume it is maintained in a reasonably safe condition as to lights and that they have a right to ... | 1797716 | Bushnell, O. J., and Sharpe, Chandler, North, McAllister, Wiest, and Butzel, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 346 | 2021-08-11T02:32:27.790644+00:00 | COLEMAN v. WASHINGTON THEATRE CO. | Coleman v. Washington Theatre Co. | COLEMAN v. WASHINGTON THEATRE CO. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreibces56n3lggb6ffntlt5xh7dzvfozxlogeeb6bz5nraaxo5jt6mi | Potter, J.
Plaintiff, claiming to have been injured by .falling in the balcony of defendant's moving picture theater, sued to recover damages therefor. There was verdict for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
The accident occurred June 21,1938, shortly after 7:30 o'clock in the evening. Plaintiff and her companion went ... | 294 | 1040 |
6405 | bafkreif7vsx34xvt4ogwwwcmx2ssi2zukbwiosth2vafpgrbihtzzfgqdy | 229 Mich. 422 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1924-12-31 | Docket No. 59 | 422 | SOMMERS v. NATIONAL SURETY CO.
1. Principal and Surety — Evidence—Admissibility of Judgment Against Principal.
In an action on a statutory bond given by a road contractor for the protection of laborers and materialmen for gravel furnished by plaintiff for use in the construction of a public highway, evidence of a judgm... | 1684629 | Clark, C. J., and McDonald, Bird, Moore, Steeee, Fellows, and Wiest, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 426 | 2021-08-11T02:31:39.859753+00:00 | SOMMERS v. NATIONAL SURETY CO. | Sommers v. National Surety Co. | SOMMERS v. NATIONAL SURETY CO. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiaq36uperuvkh3k5jliy57e6cnqgpxtkjzdiiwud4b2e2dlkvshre | Sharpe, J.
On July 31, 1919, defendant executed two bonds as surety for William J. and S. M. Bacon, conditioned for the faithful performance of a contract they had entered into with the board of county road commissioners of the county of Saginaw, for the construction of a certain highway known as assessment district ro... | 229 | 1107 |
2770 | bafkreib7nlkoqj34b4yc6ir353uw4jky7wbw567ayojuqnlrqd7szja4ga | 18 Mich. App. 584 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-08-25 | Docket No. 5,393 | 584 | BAUM v. BILICKI
1. Appeal and Error — Instructions—Questions Reviewable — Objections Not Raised at Trial.
Alleged error in the trial court’s instructions to the jury will not be considered by the Court of Appeals where timely objection was not made at trial (GCR 1963, 516.2).
2. Automobiles — Rear-End Collision — Evide... | 2081256 | Before: Ctllis, P. J., and Levin and Bronson, JJ. | Michigan | 585 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | BAUM v. BILICKI | Baum v. Bilicki | BAUM v. BILICKI | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreian7wgl7dkhzikaisqw4vutkgq6beotwfuqbsoh3a6bcap2f7smse | Per Curiam.
This action arises from a rear-end collision on an ice- and snow-covered two-lane road early in the morning of November 29, 1966. Plaintiff alleges that she was proceeding into the second turn of an "S" curve when she discovered that a snowbank covered her lane of travel. She thereupon slowed to a stop. Def... | 18 | 456 |
3661 | bafkreiexrbqroo4uhxxoxeqzqrotlpcxlsf2ikjhrg5mhj6o6a2kuehlte | 265 Mich. 422 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1933-12-19 | Docket No. 116, Calendar No. 37,104 | 422 | In re TWOMBLY.
1. Habeas Corpus — Review by Certiorari — Promptness.
Review of discharge on habeas corpus from arrest under rendition warrant, being by virtue of Federal law, is permissible by certiorari but must be promptly sought and prosecuted.
2. Same — Discharge oe Alleged Fugitive erom Justice — Delay-Review.
Mot... | 1854416 | McDonald, C. J., and Weadock, Potter, Sharpe, North, Fead, and Butzel, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 424 | 2021-08-11T02:33:29.057457+00:00 | In re TWOMBLY | In re Twombly | In re TWOMBLY. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreia3czl5fnbitrtik6lbswu6cpcfyhefqi6a2i4aqlnwsk4puql6au | Wiest, J.
This is certiorari to review habeas corpus. December 8,1931, Willard O. Twombly was under arrest by virtue of a rendition warrant, issued by the governor of this State, based upon a requisition of the governor of the State of New York, in pursuance of an indictment in the latter State, charging Twombly with h... | 265 | 613 |
5604 | bafkreihmkckts3s5gdvuy7lu6lrljsht3w7i56fbj7qligtih2bkc4aoli | 222 Mich. 507 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-04-27 | Docket No. 38 | 507 | DECKER v. FAIR.
1. Appeal and Error — Conditional Order por New Trial is Reviewable.
An order granting a new trial, conditioned on plaintiff’s remitting a certain amount of the verdict, may be reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error, although the order would not be reviewable had it not been conditional.
2. New Trial — ... | 1699237 | Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Clark, Bird, Sharpe, and Steere,.JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 510 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | DECKER v. FAIR | Decker v. Fair | DECKER v. FAIR. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreicy3neops5t2byq5xkkksbd7i4y5br45wq36xtaofmkoax63lph2q | Moore, J.
This is an action brought by plaintiff against the defendant for damages for alienating the affections of the wife of plaintiff. The case was tried', before a jury who returned a verdict for $3,500.. Afterwards defendant made a motion for a new trial,, and the judge filed an order granting a new trial unless ... | 222 | 977 |
3295 | bafkreibxbah4qdzl3pxihk4nzewozeazxsiy55daype6vk3za7hhnrlvmi | 18 Mich. App. 603 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-08-25 | Docket No. 7,556 | 603 | PEOPLE v. NICHOLSON PEOPLE v. LEMAR
Appeal from Wayne, Victor J. Banm, J.
Submitted Division 1 August 12, 1969, at Lansing.
(Docket No. 7,556.)
Decided August 25, 1969.
Glennie Nicholson and Marvin Samuel LeMar were convicted, on their pleas of guilty, of making malicious threats to extort money. Defendants appeal.
Aff... | 2081200 | Before: Holbrook, P. J., and Fitzgerald and T. M. Burns, JJ. | Michigan | 605 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | PEOPLE v. NICHOLSON; PEOPLE v. LEMAR | People v. Nicholson | PEOPLE v. NICHOLSON PEOPLE v. LEMAR | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreibts4vgkwazga4y7rxh2lapsgqfsxxkzcrkik332xubg22puninta | Per Curiam.
Glennie Nicholson and Marvin Le-Mar, each represented by counsel, pled guilty to count three of an amended information charging malicious threats to extort money contrary to CL 1948, § 750.213 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.410). After a thorough examination of each defendant the trial court accepted the pleas. Th... | 18 | 515 |
2639 | bafkreib2mkbvrsji5k2q64pqrwilksa4wf5yho3d7g6iy7xmla55lyampm | 68 Mich. App. 488 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1976-04-06 | Docket No. 24912 | 488 | STANFILL v POWERS
Automobiles — Guest Passengers — Constitutional Law — Statutes —Equal Protection.
An instruction to a jury that an injured guest passenger could recover from the owner-operator of an automobile only if the operator’s conduct constituted gross negligence, was reversible error because the guest passenge... | 2146866 | Before: D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P. J., and Mc-Gregor and N. J. Kaufman, JJ. | Michigan | 489 | 2021-08-10T17:23:25.454981+00:00 | STANFILL v. POWERS | Stanfill v. Powers | STANFILL v POWERS | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreicskcrf6qs6hfovsx63ga733dhgyyerryekilhypm3euxp45bwksu | D. E. Holbrook, Jr., P. J.
Plaintiff, a guest passenger, instituted suit against the defendant, owner-operator, following a single-vehicle accident which occurred on July 4, 1970. A jury trial was held on May 5 and 6, 1975, resulting in a verdict of no cause of action.
On appeal plaintiff raises two allegations of erro... | 68 | 415 |
2552 | bafkreihrafnacljkmudkhfarjmekewagoogr5ilsvq7kcguiuns24wkkwy | 321 Mich. 112 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1948-05-18 | Calendar No. 43,959 | 112 | LOSIE v. LOSIE.
1. Appeal and Error — Perfected Appeal — Jurisdiction.
When an appeal from a decree has been perfected the Supreme Court has jurisdiction of the case and the trial court does not then have jurisdiction to vacate the decree (Court Rule No. 56 [1945J).
2. Same — Rehearing—Jurisdiction—Perfected Appeal.
Ru... | 1919958 | Bushnell, C. J., and Sharpe, Boyles, Reid, North, Butzel, and Carr, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 113 | 2021-08-11T02:34:04.070680+00:00 | LOSIE v. LOSIE | Losie v. Losie | LOSIE v. LOSIE. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreidmwdrr6lhc7jvlnuoarv3lu5avn2o3r5fcfbhsg2mul2aif2j7hy | Dethmers, J.
By decree entered Juno 14, 1946, plaintiff was granted a divorce. On February 10, 1947, defendant petitioned for, and on July 18, 1947, the court ordered, a modifícátion of the decree. On July 28, 1947, defendant filed a motion to vacate the decree. On August 6, 1947, plaintiff perfected an appeal, now pen... | 321 | 424 |
6290 | bafkreibxx2pdskkq4yb4ke7tlhi7iwqahvjxdz6qosdjmdy37o2o3xw7lq | 18 Mich. App. 241 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-06-26 | Docket No. 5,853 | 241 | ARDASH v. KARP
1. Principal and Agent — Disputed Agency — Jury Question.
Instruction by trial court that there was no competent proof of an agency relationship between owners of a building and their son who was a tenant there held, error, where the question of agency was disputed and there was testimony, direct and inf... | 2081176 | Before: Lesinski, C. J., and Quinn and Dan-hoe, JJ. | Michigan | 245 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | ARDASH v. KARP | Ardash v. Karp | ARDASH v. KARP | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreifpy3sm36vvfyri2skme23fn42evnxguh4xjbt2kyfw3ujmqyjdjq | Quinn, J.
Plaintiff landlords brought this action to recover rent due under a lease and for damages for alleged waste committed by defendant tenants. Defendants' answer alleged prior breach of the lease by plaintiffs and denied any waste. Subsequently, defendants counter-claimed for credit arising from their security d... | 18 | 994 |
10360 | bafkreigo5xmavj5vqxyowouiulezi7gkbjl2c6mcofxcts76qovg7tvraq | 222 Mich. 190 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-03-22 | Docket No. 95 | 190 | PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY CO. v. TOWER MOTOR TRUCK CO.
1. Boundaries — Plats — Measurements prom: Section Line in Absence op Monument.
Where the plat of a subdivision does not show that Its western boundary was fixed by the location of a certain street or the blocks to the west thereof, then its location should be determi... | 1699311 | Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Clark, Bird, Moore, and Steere, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 195 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY CO. v. TOWER MOTOR TRUCK CO. | Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. Tower Motor Truck Co. | PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY CO. v. TOWER MOTOR TRUCK CO. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreih34enrx6if56pcqbahlqvwowpbw7j7pg4s3ywrxyyz5ma75fmbza | Sharpe, J.
The original plat of the city, then village, of Greenville, known as Rutan's plat, was recorded in the register of deeds' office in Montcalm county on May 31, 1856. It included lands on sections 9 and 10 in town 9 north, range 8 west. The line between these sections appeared on the plat as Lafayette street. ... | 222 | 1778 |
157167 | bafkreifs3bjwbeem7pbgxzaxnskhpqq4cbjlkhkiefrnwyq7qxxe2h2o2y | 435 Mich. 228 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1990-07-05 | Docket No. 82718 | 228 | PEOPLE v EASON
Docket No. 82718.
Argued December 8, 1988
(Calendar No. 8).
Decided July 5, 1990.
Charles E. Eason was convicted by a jury in the Detroit Recorder’s Court, Michael J. Talbot, J., of possession with intent to deliver less than fifty grams of cocaine. His sentence was enhanced pursuant to the second-offend... | 1982776 | Riuey, C.J., and Brickley and Griffin, JJ., concurred with Boyle, J. | Michigan | 306 | 2021-08-10T16:59:18.536484+00:00 | PEOPLE v. EASON | People v. Eason | PEOPLE v EASON | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiglds7cfo4wekjb6vgm2dlpynzw7ve7dssczm2kpkuuvvomyr23ba | Boyle, J.
We granted leave to appeal to determine whether the procedural safeguards surrounding a formal trial must be afforded a defendant subjected to an enhanced sentence pursuant to the second-offender provisions of the controlled substance act, MCL 333.7413; MSA 14.15(7413). We hold that a defendant charged under ... | 435 | 25901 |
11503 | bafkreihc6h2xfgff3pwml2jylncgbi5lpmne3hj5m5ekvgdu22ofdlos6y | 68 Mich. App. 667 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1976-05-17 | Docket No. 21027 | 667 | PEOPLE v EMBRY
1. Criminal Law — Appeal and Error — Criminal Records — Redirect Examination — Objections.
It is not reversible error to allow the prosecutor on redirect examination of a prosecution witness to elicit testimony concerning the defendant’s criminal record, although defendant’s objection to the same testimo... | 2146868 | Before: J. H. Gillis, P. J., and N. J. Kaufman and E. A. Quinnell, JJ. | Michigan | 673 | 2021-08-10T17:23:25.454981+00:00 | PEOPLE v. EMBRY | People v. Embry | PEOPLE v EMBRY | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiaeqyd335z7gpiqo6hvv2lnu3uel6hyy3c5n6dqfx7b2sr5nilag4 | N. J. Kaufman, J.
Defendant was convicted by a Calhoun County Circuit Court jury of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny, MCLA 750.110; MSA 28.305. He was subsequently sentenced to a term of from 4 to 15 years in prison and now appeals as of right.
At trial, James Stone, the complainant, testified that, ... | 68 | 1923 |
14333 | bafkreicd6ghi35y3espp7puvan5kg3fxrfvtv4f6hnvv2ocukxufntftwa | 18 Mich. App. 680 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-08-26 | Docket Nos. 4,419; 4,577 | 680 | PEOPLE v. FERRAZZA PEOPLE v. WHITNEY
1. Constitutional Law — Due Process — Criminal Law — Speedy Trial.
A state in which there is an untried charge pending against a person who is being held on a criminal charge in another state has a constitutional' duty, upon the aecused person’s demand, to make a diligent, good-fait... | 2081206 | .. Before: J. H. Gillis, P. J., and Levin and í;Bronson, JJ. | Michigan | 687 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | PEOPLE v. FERRAZZA; PEOPLE v. WHITNEY | People v. Ferrazza | PEOPLE v. FERRAZZA PEOPLE v. WHITNEY | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreicv4lpvola73xtwrn7c5spc73l3exgf4gt6ir4ndzir4mrsdnzk4a | Levin, J.
The defendants were convicted of first degree murder in separate trials in the summer' of 1967. They appeal, claiming that they were denied their' constitutional and statutory right to a speedy trial.
On the same day in May, 1966, that the first-degree murder warrant for the defendants' arrest was issued, the... | 18 | 2352 |
3540 | bafkreigs7omqwfhnwtykozkx2aid3ssujx5ecnkp7gcex7ski354ypx54i | 40 Mich. 50 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-08 | 50 | Nannie L. Wright, adm’x of John Garrison v. Orrin D. Garrison, Andrew Garrison, Charles L. King et al.
Discharge of Mortgage.
Where a discharge of mortgage is given on the receipt of less than is due, by reason of an erroneous computation of interest, it is not a matter of course for equity to interfere afterwards to c... | 1328508 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 51 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Nannie L. Wright, adm'x of John Garrison v. Orrin D. Garrison, Andrew Garrison, Charles L. King et al. | Wright v. Garrison | Nannie L. Wright, adm’x of John Garrison v. Orrin D. Garrison, Andrew Garrison, Charles L. King et al. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreicxqnhs6n436p6hz4gblbidsmiucq7vn4o5njwwdjgwknmhb4cawu | Cooley, J.
The bill in this case seeks the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Andrew and Orrin D. Garrison to John Garrison, the payment of which had been assumed by the defendant Charles L. King. A formal discharge of the mortgage had been given by Orrin F. Howard, the first administrator on the estate of John... | 40 | 615 | |
5732 | bafkreiga65b6tv6ekpnei3acgidehn73ctmvhlhf5xe4msegcxhz43pkua | 40 Mich. 215 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-20 | 215 | James McEwen v. William C. Bigelow.
Set-off of judgment — Expert evidence.
B had a contract with M, but sued him on the common counts' before a justice to recover back an overpayment. He did not put the contract in issue, though he gave M credits under it. M filed no set-off, but immediately sued B before another justi... | 1328463 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 217 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | James McEwen v. William C. Bigelow | McEwen v. Bigelow | James McEwen v. William C. Bigelow. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiar2y6b53zeofpa3tog7qz4ccfstczleays6urdvtcr73hlgz3sxy | Cooley, J.
The parties to this suit appear to have had a controversy over a plumber's bill, which has resulted in two suits, one of which is now before us.
The following facts may be taken as conceded by the parties. McEwen had made a contract for doing certain work at the price of $144. He had also sold Bigelow gas fi... | 40 | 1023 | |
15964 | bafkreid6fxhmw52tdmupp7rwye7hiwrhyadpu5omfrgrngdgcqdfnzdj4a | 106 Mich. App. 35 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1981-04-14 | Docket No. 48017 | 35 | GILMORE v O’SULLIVAN
Docket No. 48017.
Submitted December 10, 1980, at Detroit. —
Decided April 14,1981.
Leave to appeal applied for.
James R. Gilmore, Jr., by his next friend Lynn Gilmore, Lynn Gilmore individually and James R. Gilmore, Sr., brought an action for damages for medical malpractice against John O’Sullivan... | 2187061 | Before: V. J. Brennan, P.J., and N. J. Kaufman and M. J. Kelly, JJ. | Michigan | 43 | 2021-08-10T17:26:07.423960+00:00 | GILMORE v. O'SULLIVAN | Gilmore v. O'Sullivan | GILMORE v O’SULLIVAN | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreienldef25ksfj6rbfzm5ztvmzfnzw22xoboke746jcrz6fudtyvtu | Per Curiam.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right a decision of the trial court, which directed a verdict of no cause of action as to defendant Dr. John O'Sullivan, GCR 1963, 515.1, and granted defendant University of Michigan Medical center's motion for summary judgment. GCR 1963, 117.2(3). The plaintiffs raise four issues, w... | 106 | 2581 |
14533 | bafkreideigodyvxrxzsd5vxwmv4czc4bpncpn6dalpiowitllyqkzb7dwy | 68 Mich. App. 697 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1976-05-17 | Docket Nos. 22204, 22205 | 697 | PEOPLE v JERRY JOHNSON PEOPLE v DAWN MARIE JOHNSON
1. Criminal Law — Inferences—Joint Ownership — Possession of Marijuana — Intent to Deliver.
It is not a fair inference to assume, from joint ownership of a house trailer, a specific intent to deliver any of the contents of the trailer; therefore, a jury’s conviction of... | 2146852 | Before: Danhof, P. J., and D. E. Holbrook and Allen, JJ. | Michigan | 705 | 2021-08-10T17:23:25.454981+00:00 | PEOPLE v. JERRY JOHNSON; PEOPLE v. DAWN MARIE JOHNSON | People v. Johnson | PEOPLE v JERRY JOHNSON PEOPLE v DAWN MARIE JOHNSON | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiauvogvz7wp235l3i3cnsj4hf53k27udixxyhqrnttz6ojvksec5e | D. E. Holbrook, J.
Defendants, husband and wife, were convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. MCLA 335.341(l)(c); MSA 18.1070(41)(l)(c). Defendant Jerry Johnson was sentenced to a prison term of 18 months to 4 years, while defendant Dawn Marie Johnson was sentenced to a term of 13 months to 4 years... | 68 | 2391 |
16048 | bafkreid3slwx34nvg7njh32zxjpti3a2df376sv4ezaqodmcxwjcvojxru | 294 Mich. 402 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1940-09-06 | Docket No. 87, Calendar No. 40,877 | 402 | QUICK v. WESTERN MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION CO.
1. Automobiles — Trucks—Negligence—Contributory Negligence —Conflicting Testimony- — Questions for Jury.
In action by administratrix to recover for death of her deceased who had been killed in a collision between truck he was driving and one of defendant’s trucks, questions ... | 1797765 | Bttshnell, C. J., and Sharpe and North, JJ., concurred with McAllister, J. | Michigan | 410 | 2021-08-11T02:32:27.790644+00:00 | QUICK v. WESTERN MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION CO. | Quick v. Western Michigan Transportation Co. | QUICK v. WESTERN MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION CO. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreidj3xyzbjqgqhsmjap53a66xej47zholxcwdcy2du6lcnen6hytgy | McAllister, J.
Plaintiff's decedent was killed as the result of a collision between a truck which he was driving and a truck driven by defendant's employee. On trial before a jury, plaintiff received a verdict of $5,500. Motion by defendant for judgment notwithstanding verdict was refused by the trial court, and defend... | 294 | 2667 |
5532 | bafkreidtucrqzinp2dd6pq7jwde2s4naabmrph2twlscso4jlnzik2yawi | 268 Mich. 405 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1934-09-18 | Docket No. 60, Calendar No. 37,827 | 405 | NEWELL v. RITTER.
1. Motor Vehicles — Negligence — Contributory Negligence — Questions for Jury.
In action under survival act by administrator of estate of person fatally injured by defendants’ ear passing place where decedent was aiding disabled motorist, evidence held, sufficient to present matters of negligence and ... | 1882153 | Nelson Sharpe, C. J., and Potter, North, Pead, Wiest, Bushnell, and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 408 | 2021-08-11T02:33:56.107134+00:00 | NEWELL v. RITTER | Newell v. Ritter | NEWELL v. RITTER. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreihhrlsivo7v4nfzmjqs4ds3m5mem7cybmlfqiwtyfofnrnlrey6qa | Btjtzel, J.
Fern Newell, administrator of the estate of Ovid Newell, deceased, brought suit against John Ritter, the owner, and Arthur Ritter, driver of an automobile that on the night of August 13, 1933, at about 2 a. m. struck plaintiff's decedent and caused injuries from which he died the following morning. Plaintif... | 268 | 938 |
10616 | bafkreia5z6gsppfy2kwamrpjj2hzlgduay3x4ts7qpqquc7ialz4dsp2iy | 155 Mich. App. 694 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1986-08-14 | Docket No. 85111 | 694 | CROSSLEY v ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Docket No. 85111.
Submitted April 15, 1986, at Lansing.
Decided August 14, 1986.
David Crossley filed an action in the Genesee Circuit Court against Allstate Insurance Company after Allstate rejected Crossley’s claim of loss for fire damage to his house and garage. Plaintiff allege... | 2279391 | Before: Allen, P.J., and Mackenzie and J. P. Swallow, JJ. | Michigan | 699 | 2021-08-10T16:59:13.873445+00:00 | CROSSLEY v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY | Crossley v. Allstate Insurance | CROSSLEY v ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiel2kvrugxutbwatyffqeuom4va6jv7wjq4vnrlgrd35fc3wa6smy | Per Curiam:.
Defendant, plaintiffs insurer, rejected plaintiffs proof of loss for fire damage to his house and garage, claiming that the amount claimed greatly exceeded the value of the loss and that the fires were set, or procured to be set, by plaintiff. Plaintiff responded by filing a complaint against defendant for... | 155 | 1687 |
41933 | bafkreicvcqmuttmr6v2ouzkng7zs5eqmkgj376ilgnqu4c56vc47bmrzvm | 439 Mich. 623 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1992-06-08 | Docket No. 90316 | 623 | ALTMAN v MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP
Docket No. 90316.
Argued March 4, 1992
(Calendar No. 7).
Decided June 8,1992.
Rehearing denied 440 Mich 1204.
Robert Altman and the estate of Alvin Altman, deceased, brought an action in the Ingham Circuit Court against Meridian Charter Township and the Meridian Township Board, seeking a writ... | 2017507 | Levin, Boyle, and Griffin, JJ., concurred with Cavanagh, C.J. | Michigan | 649 | 2021-08-10T17:25:16.933291+00:00 | ALTMAN v. MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP | Altman v. Meridian Township | ALTMAN v MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreicjj4j3f7g6cug4ttmnxuf67owcy52rc4op4mu6ta7hcryil63gd4 | Cavanagh, C.J.
We address in this case the authority of a local governing body to disapprove a proposed subdivision plat pursuant to the Subdivision Control Act (sca), MCL 560.101 et seq.; MSA 26.430(101) et seq., and the scope of such a body's authority to place conditions on the approval of such a plat consistent wit... | 439 | 6842 |
49474 | bafkreicisk4htj7rp6bzb7tdncsnp3djxsrs4ro6bdtzhbxu35qh5rk27m | 439 Mich. 131 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1992-03-17 | Docket No. 88975 | 131 | VICTORSON v DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
Docket No. 88975.
Argued October 10, 1991
(Calendar No. 14).
Decided March 17, 1992.
Richard Victorson brought an action in the Oakland Circuit Court against the Department of Treasury, alleging that a female employee’s appointment to an Auditor ix position over him pursuant to the de... | 2017479 | Cavanagh, C.J., and Levin and Boyle, JJ., concurred with Mallett, J. | Michigan | 157 | 2021-08-10T17:25:16.933291+00:00 | VICTORSON v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY | Victorson v. Department of Treasury | VICTORSON v DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreibktropugxypq5ldl5brrjfe6fjw4fz75yclgoh3x34laearwky4e | Mallett, J.
We granted leave to determine whether an employer, who implements an affirmative action plan that has not been formally approved by the Civil Rights Commission pursuant to MCL 37.2210; MSA 3.548C210) is guilty of discrimination as a matter of law. We hold that such conduct is not itself discriminatory.
We t... | 439 | 7953 |
1445 | bafkreiewybswwlbfzvylw4jrqmrtxra53a3zxvselo2d4g6oiepk7t2eoi | 38 Mich. 244 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1878-01-23 | 244 | The People ex rel. William H. Parks v. The Circuit Judge for Marquette County.
Mandamus to issue an order to stay waste denied.
An order to stay waste is discretionary and will not be compelled by mandamus.
If one who is entitled to an order to stay waste does not seek it in an affirmative suit at law or in equity, he ... | 1337582 | Michigan | 245 | 2021-08-10T18:09:48.590402+00:00 | The People ex rel. William H. Parks v. The Circuit Judge for Marquette County | People ex rel. Parks v. Circuit Judge | The People ex rel. William H. Parks v. The Circuit Judge for Marquette County. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreigje4jwbkhlv6bywhh3aedid6uck6zf4y3w7xrd5sdobdnliuesmi | Per Curiam.
Relator purchased on execution a mining lease in an undivided half of certain lands in Marquette county, and after he obtained his deed the defendants refused to surrender possession, whereupon he brought ejectment. He then applied to the circuit court on a showing of various facts to grant an order to stay... | 38 | 264 | ||
9576 | bafkreia7owyci57z3uaid2f7ihibuxuyy2xrefrnacvjxxwkfeds6fjl2y | 229 Mich. 172 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1924-12-10 | Docket No. 174 | 172 | PEOPLE v. CYGAN.
1. Criminal Law — Evidence Admissible as Part of Res Gestae.
In a prosecution for assault with, intent to kill and murder defendant’s mother-in-law, the admission, as part of the res gesta, of testimony as to the nature of injuries sustained by one M., who was shot by defendant at the same time, held, ... | 1684605 | Clark, C. J., and McDonald, Bird, Moore, Steere, Fellows, and Wiest, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 177 | 2021-08-11T02:31:39.859753+00:00 | PEOPLE v. CYGAN | People v. Cygan | PEOPLE v. CYGAN. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreickampngxqmmuvztwddscmfb6acnxndsyouebsnkmh2ip5u2us3oq | Sharpe, J.
Defendant reviews on exceptions before sentence his conviction of the crime of assault with intent to kill and murder one Mary Frelick. Dissension and strife between defendant and his wife, Bernice, caused their separation about April 1, 1922. His suspicion that his wife was unduly intimate with a man named ... | 229 | 1671 |
27157 | bafkreie5zpwms4q5rjoupzbh4ynohgtqdia7likqpdxxpf3elfwmsxiz7a | 302 Mich. 614 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1942-09-08 | Calendar No. 42,046 | 614 | COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE v. LAPEER CIRCUIT JUDGE.
1. Trial — Transfer of Causes — Discretion of Court — Jurisdiction.
The making of an order transferring a case from the equity side of a court to the law side or vice versa is not discretionary once the court has determined the jurisdiction of such action is on the oth... | 1823445 | Chandler, C. J., and Boyles, North, Starr, Butzel, and Bushnell, JJ., concurred. Wiest, J., did not sit. | Michigan | 628 | 2021-08-11T02:32:29.479993+00:00 | COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE v. LAPEER CIRCUIT JUDGE | Commissioner of Insurance v. Lapeer Circuit Judge | COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE v. LAPEER CIRCUIT JUDGE. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreihrb3gk56xbwawm7irn7sdqxx4oasfxhvfalqqtlap47n6l5zubhq | Sharpe, J.
Petitioner, receiver of the Lapeer Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association and plaintiff in a chancery suit against one John Riley, petitions this court for a writ of mandamus commanding the circuit judge to vacate an order transferring the above-mentioned cause from the chancery to the law side of the cou... | 302 | 4694 |
3355 | bafkreicckugejrmbr36qfbherxeqsgfh4fdqucsux3kzjplppatnpqxne4 | 40 Mich. 597 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-04-22 | 597 | Henry Humphrey v. William West and John West.
Reconveyance.
Reconveyance was granted to one who had conveyed his land in the understanding that the grantee could and would maintain him for the rest of his life, hut who did not receive a quiet, orderly and respectable home, and found that the grantee’s financial conditi... | 1328379 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 598 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Henry Humphrey v. William West and John West | Humphrey v. West | Henry Humphrey v. William West and John West. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreign7alamiklhm6zfatsgzwhy3e3347ys52kmuiulpjnnv3aevhlwe | Marston, J.
The proofs in this case are not as clear and satisfactory as we could wish. We are of opinion that at the time complainant deeded his land to defendant William and took back a life lease, it was understood and agreed that complainant should have a home with and be supported by the grantee. In the absence of... | 40 | 574 | |
13590 | bafkreieyphrwg4eyibzvuhketszhovjx5jhaqzmssuurbjqwwbu5xdwlgq | 18 Mich. App. 468 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1969-07-30 | Docket No. 5,289 | 468 | In re RAYBORN
1. Extradition — Constitutional Law — Due Process — Validity op Proceedings.
Extradition and detention of fugitives from other states is valid only when constitutional requirements are met; the executive authority of the state from which a fugitive has fled may properly demand that the executive authority... | 2081343 | Before: Lesinski, C. J., and Fitzgerald and Y. J. Brennan, JJ. | Michigan | 475 | 2021-08-10T18:10:53.114675+00:00 | In re RAYBORN | In re Rayborn | In re RAYBORN | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiaev72w7vwmigwb7znyhwvfanj5yt3hphnf37qhylnroh5qnprloq | V. J. Brennan, J.
This appeal involves the scope of inquiry on habeas corpus from an extradition warrant.
On September 22, 1967, the State of Georgia requested the Governor of the State of Michigan to extradite one Jasper Luke Rayborn for the offense of "larceny of an automobile," This request was accompanied by an ind... | 18 | 2294 |
5172 | bafkreicvnxh5tq7agfiyt4bv727yb2f5yl2oufyhj2srhw6cbgddvwj4wi | 40 Mich. 641 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-04-24 | 641 | Simon G. Webster v. Samuel Bailey and Hiram E. Hardy.
Sale on credit without transfer of title.
A payment in good faith is needed to complete a bona fide purchase.
B, who knew that an execution was out against H, bought a buggy from him. H had driven into town with the buggy drawn by a span of horses which he fastened ... | 1328377 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 644 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Simon G. Webster v. Samuel Bailey and Hiram E. Hardy | Webster v. Bailey | Simon G. Webster v. Samuel Bailey and Hiram E. Hardy. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreigvtohlbewd437qgzujptaccjhkj2rtjlm3dx7krc3blm4vskllrq | Campbell, C. J.
Bailey and Hardy replevied a buggy from Webster who held it under an execution levy against one William W. Hooper. Bailey and Hardy were in business at Big Eapids, and had, or claimed to have had, an account against Hooper amounting to $72.77. According to Bailey's testimony, he purchased the buggy from... | 40 | 945 | |
13242 | bafkreig2efadbu73njhigrzhaob5dxhvh4ugws76zen2zehn7fnhs6body | 355 Mich. 374 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1959-02-19 | Docket No. 60, Calendar No. 47,771 | 374 | PEOPLE v. BUMPUS.
1. Criminal Law — Pelony—Plea of Guilty — Duty of Judge.
A circuit judge has a duty, when a plea of guilty to felony is made, to satisfy himself that the plea was made freely, with knowledge of its consequences, and without undue influence or promise of leniency (CL 1948, § 768.35; Court Rule No 35A, ... | 1865448 | Dethmers, C. J., and Carr, Kelly, Black, Edwards, Yoelker, and Kavanagh, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 382 | 2021-08-11T02:34:07.675373+00:00 | PEOPLE v. BUMPUS | People v. Bumpus | PEOPLE v. BUMPUS. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreigvy6jsvsoi47zj4abkv6wot7ct33g3gijjafrwgpyhnuumaenrri | Smith, J.
Upon leave granted we review the denial of the circuit court for the county of Lenawee of defendant's delayed motion for a new trial. Appellant asserts that he was denied his constitutional safeguards in a criminal prosecution. He states that, without counsel, and after intimidation and promises of leniency, ... | 355 | 2310 |
9298 | bafkreifwxnh22kue3bhmy4ou7jyuhiwguxfotkw3wb2a3kxbrrioqt5zpq | 222 Mich. 202 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-03-22 | Docket No. 56 | 202 | GALLAGHER v. MONROE.
1. Negligence — Pleading—Evidence—Vaktanoe—Damages—Sufficiency of Declaration.
In an action for personal injuries, where defendants were informed of the injury plaintiff claimed to have sustained by allegations in the declaration that she “injured her left knee, dislocating the kneecap,” it could n... | 1699323 | Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Clark, Bird, Moore, and Steeee, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 207 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | GALLAGHER v. MONROE | Gallagher v. Monroe | GALLAGHER v. MONROE. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiaxxkcmybvbhtapmrdmsbgnoab6t334xlslkyb2lqup43hf7oka7u | Sharpe, J.
In November, 1919, the defendants were engaged in constructing a concrete bridge over the Boyne river in the city of Boyne City. Water for preparing the concrete was procured from a hydrant on the street and was carried to the mixer through a 11/2-inch pipe, which crossed the sidewalk on Water street from 10... | 222 | 1561 |
3487 | bafkreihsexws2kgoci463s3pnopqzqnnl5iubosey6jjtj3lpwirc7tjbi | 40 Mich. 397 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-31 | 397 | Everett D. Comstock v. City of Grand Rapids.
Salaries of public officers.
A legally elected officer, duly qualified and standing ready, to perform. the duties of his office, is entitled to the salary, if it has not been paid, even though debarred from the performance of his duties by an intruder acting in good faith,
C... | 1328481 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 399 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Everett D. Comstock v. City of Grand Rapids | Comstock v. City of Grand Rapids | Everett D. Comstock v. City of Grand Rapids. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreifb4h2l4i4u5dhcsnqnlmepzhuo6nihqt4k5myrw2lux33io6priq | Marston, J.
In April, 1878, Comstock was elected clerk of the Superior Court of Grand Rapids. The county clerk of Kent county, claiming to be ex officio clerk of the Superior Court, protested against Comstock's being sworn in or recognized as clerk of the court, and the judge of that court refused to administer the oat... | 40 | 616 | |
11811 | bafkreiev3qm5jfewhu2jtt5vgajgdtfnea7x4d3lj2mptjanolnrc7bwxy | 68 Mich. App. 295 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1976-03-25 | Docket No. 22889 | 295 | CITY OF DETROIT v SPIVEY
i; Workmen’s Compensation — Third-Party Tortfeasors — Action by Employer — Statutes.
An employee injured by a third party has the exclusive right for one year to bring an action against the third-party tortfeasor; after one year, the employer or an insurance carrier who has paid compensation fo... | 2146878 | Before: V. J. Brennan, P. J., and R. M. Maher and G. W. Britten, JJ. | Michigan | 301 | 2021-08-10T17:23:25.454981+00:00 | CITY OF DETROIT v. SPIVEY | City of Detroit v. Spivey | CITY OF DETROIT v SPIVEY | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiavmyinjo33jpooxqsxf2jlsmcl47mvas2mpuqkiptmdtur4bkojq | Per Curiam.
Plaintiff filed suit against defendants in common pleas court, seeking reimburse ment for workmen's compensation paid to one of plaintiffs employees. The suit was removed to Wayne County Circuit Court and consolidated with an action defendants had previously filed against plaintiff for injuries suffered in ... | 68 | 1913 |
15322 | bafkreihumk4lkzjxtedk5s2kru3vkbisbdasuvrmvmvk74hrwk6iums27e | 222 Mich. 545 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-04-27 | Docket No. 161 | 545 | GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. NOBLE.
1. Partnership — Dissolution—Release of Retiring Partner— Uniform Partnership Act.
Under the uniform partnership act (Act No. 72, Pub. Acts 1917, § 36), where a partnership is dissolved, one partner assuming the partnership obligations and continuing the business, the retiring partne... | 1699297 | Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Clark, Bird, Sharpe, and Steere, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 552 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. NOBLE | General Tire & Rubber Co. v. Noble | GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. NOBLE. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreie64dqcc5ocyf3acwbu6igstx4afojqru6mygnkhdhodanfcs4gaq | Moore, J.
The defendants were partners at Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the tire business for about ten years prior to January 9, 1920, when they dissolved partnership. Mr. Noble purchased Mr. Bissell's interest and continued the business under the trade name "The Grand Rapids Vulcanizing Company." No direct notice of the... | 222 | 2622 |
6292 | bafkreidpjwzmw2rudgh2avu7jmbs2t34nqksvyud5ms5wwbzl34jtowtta | 222 Mich. 278 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-03-22 | Docket No. 164 | 278 | DARLING v. MANSFIELD.
1. Libel and Slander — Evidence—Defendant’s Reputed Wealth.
In an action for slander, testimony of defendant’s reputed wealth was admissible as bearing on the weight, and credence that the community might give to his utterances.
2-, Appeal and Error — Evidence as to Membership in Fraternal. Order.... | 1699275 | Fellows, McDonald, Clark, Bird, Sharpe, Moore, and Steere, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 281 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | DARLING v. MANSFIELD | Darling v. Mansfield | DARLING v. MANSFIELD. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreihqt2k4ttpokszvqiexo3r5a322bm7q4q2xdjb5rnwovnmm23pqmi | Wiest, C. J.
This is an action of slander. It is claimed defendant charged plaintiff with the crime of incest with his sister. The specific language is not necessary to decision and is, therefore, omitted. At the trial testimony was permitted to be given of the general reputation of the wealth of defendant. The court i... | 222 | 1077 |
13634 | bafkreigcl2koqg6hfzjswnkvrojiqkhwul4upltb4gvev2rldfa627kdzi | 222 Mich. 631 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-04-27 | Docket No. 63 | 631 | BLANCHARD v. KINGSTON.
1. Life Estates — Life Tenant Has Insurable Interest. A life tenant has an insurable interest.
2. Deeds — Delivery.
Where the attorney who prepared a deed took it to the. home of the grantor, had it signed and acknowledged, and then, without handing it to the grantor to deliver to the grantee, st... | 1699285 | McDonald, Bird, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred with Wiest, C. J. | Michigan | 638 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | BLANCHARD v. KINGSTON | Blanchard v. Kingston | BLANCHARD v. KINGSTON. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiey4r7utyl3t2sbbapagwewkjcshdohghjkytvw5ffhr2aov6huha | Wiest, C. J.
The bill herein was filed to reform a deed, it being claimed that Fidelia Bliss, the mother of Jessie Blanchard, and now deceased, intended to convey to plaintiffs four lots in the village of Tekonsha, but by mistake of the scrivener the deed as executed covered but two of the lots. Defendants, who are hei... | 222 | 2456 |
6164 | bafkreidy4idd6yimvy4dpwmaiumv3nx6uh6nkeaebcuwmigpf3hbs7qjje | 265 Mich. 221 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1933-12-05 | Docket No. 102, Calendar No. 37,437 | 221 | MARKS v. MARKS.
1. Divorce — Alimony—Changed Financial Condition.
Order as to alimony warranted by change in husband’s financial condition was properly made under 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 12748, notwithstanding previous contrary consent order.
2. Same — Alimony—Lien—Jurisdiction.
By virtue of 3 Comp. Laws 1929, §§ 12747 an... | 1854340 | Weadock, Potter, Sharpe, North, Fead, Wiest, and Butzel, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 225 | 2021-08-11T02:33:29.057457+00:00 | MARKS v. MARKS | Marks v. Marks | MARKS v. MARKS. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreidbkf2uqv4taxlmbh6hu22wobfxfr54yzfdmqgsuakwmqicam3oza | McDonald, O. J.
On September 24, 1926, the plaintiff was awarded a decree of divorce from the defendant on the ground of extreme cruelty. As alimony and in lieu of dower she was decreed $40 a week until remarriage. On April 9, 1927, defendant secured a modification of the decree by which the alimony was reduced to $10 ... | 265 | 1052 |
8395 | bafkreicdtu2mz7uzaneiyjmuuyier5tooade4zexonms2km22xxjxwufnu | 268 Mich. 591 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1934-10-01 | Docket No. 45, Calendar No. 37,822 | 591 | MacDONALD v. GREAT LAKES STEEL CORP.
1. Master and Servant — Measurement op Impairment op Earning Capacity.
Impairment of earning capacity is computed upon the basis of the employment engaged in at the time of the injury, notwithstanding proviso added to part 2, § lie, of the workmen’s compensation act by Act No. 376, ... | 1882076 | Nelson Sharpe, C. J., and Potter, North, Wiest, Butzel, Bxjshnell, and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 595 | 2021-08-11T02:33:56.107134+00:00 | MacDONALD v. GREAT LAKES STEEL CORP. | MacDonald v. Great Lakes Steel Corp. | MacDONALD v. GREAT LAKES STEEL CORP. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreidqh4hwtzh5ciyritut3lirymacwpbqaxgny3en2colpqwlhltepu | Fead, J.
Plaintiff, a carpenter, with "average weekly wage" of $25.20, was injured and compensation fixed at $16.80 per week upon approved agreement. He returned to work for the same employer as a watchman, unskilled labor, at $16 per week. He was still totally disabled as a carpenter. The employer had adopted a code u... | 268 | 1390 |
5927 | bafkreiddc7aykjegsq2adlkd2qe3lr3h4m72cc6wkj6yf3l4k5ofjpr4y4 | 265 Mich. 242 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1933-12-05 | Docket No. 65, Calendar No. 37,227 | 242 | LINDSEY v. LOEBEL.
Master and Servant — Workmen’s Compensation Act — Liability of Master Where Servant Permitted Another to Drive.
Employer is liable under workmen’s compensation act where salesman, employed to sell and deliver cheese over route, was injured by accident to truck while it was being driven by an-' other ... | 1854356 | McDonald, C. J., and Fead, J., concurred with Potter, J. | Michigan | 246 | 2021-08-11T02:33:29.057457+00:00 | LINDSEY v. LOEBEL | Lindsey v. Loebel | LINDSEY v. LOEBEL. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreic3k5yr4dwtbabawcf7lwzqppoaid63ml3goippwnfanaiybr2vsu | Potter, J.
Plaintiffs, as widow and son of Ernest Lindsey, deceased, made claim against defendants before the department of labor and industry for compensation for the death of Ernest Lindsey. The sole question in dispute is whether the accident arose out of and in the course of decedent's employment. The deputy commis... | 265 | 1011 |
14950 | bafkreid7k4gviahvgubc4rr3p6cytuswq6kzzr7nv5aamhhlyseq4kzfpq | 106 Mich. App. 722 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1981-06-03 | Docket No. 46055 | 722 | PEOPLE v GAWTHROP
Docket No. 46055.
Submitted October 15, 1980, at Lansing.
Decided June 3, 1981.
Leave to appeal applied for.
Paul Gawthrop was convicted by a jury in Saginaw Circuit Court, Gary R. McDonald, J., of breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny and felonious assault. Defendant appeals, alleging... | 2187042 | Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and T. M. Burns and R. H. Campbell, JJ. | Michigan | 730 | 2021-08-10T17:26:07.423960+00:00 | PEOPLE v. GAWTHROP | People v. Gawthrop | PEOPLE v GAWTHROP | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreihmzfi5ztp3m5vhh2whcomtzypvz5yhrvr7ixkpejoakn5dzqqjse | R. H. Campbell, J.
Defendant appeals as of right after a jury convicted him on February 20, 1979, of breaking and entering an occupied dwelling with intent to commit larceny, MCL 750.110; MSA 28.305, and felonious assault, MCL 750.82; MSA 28.277. On April 19, 1979, defendant was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of ... | 106 | 2483 |
136095 | bafkreib2klit5klnll6din6akqg66wvmo4nyggwqqdgavwelfeycxbv6p4 | 400 Mich. 352 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1977-06-13 | Docket No. 54774 | 352 | PEOPLE v BARBARA
Docket No. 54774.
Argued January 9, 1975
(Calendar No. 15).
Decided June 13, 1977.
The issue in this case is whether the results of polygraph tests ihay be used to assist a judge in determining a motion for a new trial. Joseph Barbara, Jr., was convicted by a jury in Oakland Circuit Court, Frederick C.... | 1926681 | Kavanagh, C. J., and Levin, J., concurred with Williams, J. | Michigan | 424 | 2021-08-11T02:34:18.173811+00:00 | PEOPLE v. BARBARA | People v. Barbara | PEOPLE v BARBARA | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiez4xgxmlegelad6dthyejchogydrhh42ogrqem56luwwrxtqd4aq | Williams, J.
"What is truth?" asked Pilate in the trial of Jesus. John 18:38. Today the polygraph really poses the same question. In the intervening nineteen hundred years, everything from trial by ordeal to jury trial has been used to try to establish truth.
This case requires us to determine whether polygraph evidenc... | 400 | 21863 |
12141 | bafkreib3diimvqa65mnxmc23jkanplymkgodakfobif6ya7brv6dnwpzcy | 155 Mich. App. 745 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1986-11-03 | Docket No. 82973 | 745 | SIZEMORE v SMOCK
Docket No. 82973.
Submitted November 2, 1985, at Lansing.
Decided November 3, 1986.
Leave to appeal applied for.
Plaintiff Valera S. Sizemore, a fifteen-year-old, was struck and injured by an automobile driven by defendant Bruce K. Smock and owned by defendant Peter Alumbaugh, Inc. Valera brought an ac... | 2279378 | Before: Bronson, P.J., and Allen and M. H. Cherry, JJ. | Michigan | 751 | 2021-08-10T16:59:13.873445+00:00 | SIZEMORE v. SMOCK | Sizemore v. Smock | SIZEMORE v SMOCK | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreieh2dkewode2n7e7xx24cgzcv4valfetp3ywqjm4f3exoec6f4wqi | Per Curiam.
The issue in this appeal concerns whether a parent of a negligently injured child should be permitted to recover damages against the negligent actor for the loss of society, protection and companionship of the minor child. The trial court ruled that Michigan law does not recognize a cause of action in the p... | 155 | 1982 |
22011 | bafkreifpkecaometmxq2mlvcu6f3vevmpjoeekljvkpxi2vjv56jgl4kp4 | 155 Mich. App. 650 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1986-05-07 | Docket No. 84355 | 650 | MacDONALD v MICHIGAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Docket No. 84355.
Submitted February 19, 1986, at Detroit.
Decided May 7, 1986.
Daniel MacDonald, a mechanic for a trucking company, injured his back while pulling on a lever to release a pin which would allow the trailer box of a tractor-trailer truck to be repositioned ov... | 2279326 | Before: J. H. Gillis, P.J., and T. M. Burns and W. F. Hood, JJ. | Michigan | 661 | 2021-08-10T16:59:13.873445+00:00 | MacDONALD v. MICHIGAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY | MacDonald v. Michigan Mutual Insurance | MacDONALD v MICHIGAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreicschjzatuyeshkd6swccft4jv2ogwka6uudhag5yzqqocvffpomq | Per Curiam.
Plaintiff appeals from an order of the circuit court granting defendant's motion for summary judgment pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(3).
Plaintiff injured his back on May 6, 1982, during the course of his employment as a mechanic for a trucking company and as a result received benefits pursuant to the workers'... | 155 | 3643 |
1087 | bafkreicocvgpe4cmxjfh2todygwudrulgbfjpcyts4f76z2k5onoeintfe | 40 Mich. 64 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-10 | 64 | People ex rel. City of Detroit v. The Judge of the Recorder’s Court of Detroit.
Proceedings by the city to open a private alley.
Mandamus will not lie to compel a court to allow proceedings to be instituted by the city to open a private alley for private benefit, where it does not appear that an application to the comm... | 1328438 | Michigan | 64 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | People ex rel. City of Detroit v. The Judge of the Recorder's Court of Detroit | People ex rel. City of Detroit v. Judge of the Recorder's Court | People ex rel. City of Detroit v. The Judge of the Recorder’s Court of Detroit. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiaad4ambdln2e226rpmk4jjwqt2b6rqn47hrc74lxtzg4zrtubn7u | Per Curiam.
There is no reason why the city should not be the moving party in such proceedings provided it moves on the application of parties in interest. There is nothing in the present application to show that the parties interested appeared before or applied to the common council, and that body cannot start such pr... | 40 | 188 | ||
20030 | bafkreighp625svxhtojqim67eje6jpx3klgyuqzhrgvenw4q3sgnkamgci | 106 Mich. App. 493 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1981-05-20 | Docket No. 50455 | 493 | TEDFORD v STOUFFER’S NORTHLAND INN
Docket No. 50455.
Submitted October 20, 1980, at Detroit. —
Decided May 20, 1981.
Leave to appeal applied for.
Mary Tedford, an employee of Stouffer’s Northland Inn, fell and injured herself while on her way to work. She was not on her employer’s premises at the time of her accident b... | 2187040 | Before: Danhof, C.J., and M. J. Kelly and D. L. Sullivan, JJ. | Michigan | 503 | 2021-08-10T17:26:07.423960+00:00 | TEDFORD v. STOUFFER'S NORTHLAND INN | Tedford v. Stouffer's Northland Inn | TEDFORD v STOUFFER’S NORTHLAND INN | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreiddabb3evrqpbzc6igrjhl3llzg2te3xsxll2ogwttqyzwzndb72y | D. L. Sullivan, J.
This matter comes before us pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court remanding the case to this Court in lieu of leave to appeal, 408 Mich 854 (1980).
Defendant employer and its insurance carrier appeal from the decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board awarding compensation to plaintiff fo... | 106 | 3327 |
993 | bafkreiacfjy7x22nl54qyijrdkrnevlglbkoxjoqfpr6pnpcap2c6u3qyq | 397 Mich. 963 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1976-11-01 | Docket No. 57588 | 963 | People v Sheline.
(Docket No. 57588.)
Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, James J. Rostash, Prosecuting Attorney, and Dennis M. Powers, Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people. State Appellate Defender for defendant-appellee.
Reported below: 64 Mich App 193. | 1932834 | Michigan | 963 | 2021-08-11T02:34:18.856103+00:00 | People v. Sheline | People v. Sheline | People v Sheline. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiefyfzpcf5ylsqrto2wbno4nwaz6orr6i7ahpild5ujpqlvejcuwy | The motion to supplement appellant's appendix is considered. The supplementary material has been used by the Court in connection with appellee's motion for bond. Facsimile copies of the supplementary material will be considered by the Court in connection with the appeal on the merits until such time as appellant can pr... | 397 | 159 | |
2570 | bafkreidfc6dbgp4e6mmu47pmyvhghifp2nuvr2wfzsl33kozkwawtwzd24 | 40 Mich. 745 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-04-25 | 745 | People ex rel. John N. Roediger and Johanna Roediger v. The Drain Commissioner of Wayne County.
Certiorari — Estoppel from, attaching drain commissioner’s proceedings.
Certiorari is a discretionary writ and should not be allowed where the equities are against it.
A wife joining with her husband in attacking proceedings... | 1328401 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 746 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | People ex rel. John N. Roediger and Johanna Roediger v. The Drain Commissioner of Wayne County | People ex rel. Roediger v. Drain Commissioner | People ex rel. John N. Roediger and Johanna Roediger v. The Drain Commissioner of Wayne County. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreiecnkeuuyufzjiedrl3alye5udvq2htaarysxan7vv3roizdq5374 | Campbell, C. J.
Relators upon an affidavit made in their joint behalf1 as husband and wife obtained a~ certio ran to review the proceedings of respondent in reloeating a certain ditch, whereby they claim damage accrued. The chief grounds of objection related to the absence of any adequate record.
It now appears that th... | 40 | 450 | |
18551 | bafkreifg55jcscraztthno722n6g4bmkdai2ipijdppvh7gf3d6yjmqgf4 | 222 Mich. 25 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1923-03-22 | Docket No. 61 | 25 | GREENSTINE v. SRERE.
1. Landlord and Tenant — Breach of An Executory Contract for a Lease — Pleading—Damages—iBurden of Proof.
In an action by the owner of a building for damages for the breach of an executory contract to make a lease indorsed by surety, plaintiff, by his affirmative case, assumed the burden of proving... | 1699239 | Wiest, C. J., and Fellows, McDonald, Clark,, Bird, Sharpe, and Moore, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 35 | 2021-08-10T17:02:12.077904+00:00 | GREENSTINE v. SRERE | Greenstine v. Srere | GREENSTINE v. SRERE. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreicwf77venusbis2ot2qxenbm2qcpd6volsopudormtieyuuifg6cm | Steere, J.
This is an action in assumpsit commenced by summons on May 22, 1918. Plaintiif declared upon the following- instrument claimed to have been executed in duplicate by the parties charging its breach by defendant and resulting damages in the sum of $6,000:
"Memorandum of agreement, made and entered into, this 1... | 222 | 3106 |
52923 | bafkreifx6kaemkhpge4fnq52gmt5sv3ectslehvrhcmv2ggrj2dbvsgd3u | 435 Mich. 76 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1990-07-02 | Docket No. 83160 | 76 | PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS v STATE TENURE COMMISSION
Docket No. 83160.
Argued May 1, 1989
(Calendar No. 5).
Decided July 2, 1990.
Rehearing denied post, 1244.
The Plymouth-Canton Community School Board suspended Scott Kurtz, a tenured teacher, without pay after finding that he had violated the district’s policy ... | 1982771 | Riley, C.J., and Levin and Griffin, JJ., concurred with Brickley, J. | Michigan | 103 | 2021-08-10T16:59:18.536484+00:00 | PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS v. STATE TENURE COMMISSION | Plymouth-Canton Community Schools v. State Tenure Commission | PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS v STATE TENURE COMMISSION | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreia4xxvnmrsjrisjeahflhznofxg35q4sjajkoautpkkw4346gtbfa | Brickley, J.
This case presents the question whether procedural due process is denied a public school teacher accused of misconduct when the attorney who sits as hearing officer at the teacher's pretermination hearing before the local board of education is a member of the same law firm as the attorney representing the ... | 435 | 8519 |
6414 | bafkreigtqcztioakusewhrn645jpg5zhoftsdbnmpuvdjxk36yvlr2jxlu | 269 Mich. 449 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1934-12-10 | Docket No. 128; Calendar No. 37,955 | 449 | PEOPLE v. WELCH.
Lotteries—Essentials—Statutes.
Scheme of club, in selling to its members ‘ ‘ Beano ’ ’ cards giving holders a chance to draw prizes of sugar and other foodstuffs, is clearly a lottery within the meaning of Act No. 328, § 372, Pub. Acts 1931; the essentials of a lottery: consideration, prize, and chance... | 1880662 | Nelson Sharpe, C. J., and Potter, North, Fead, Wiest, Buteel, and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., concurred, | Michigan | 452 | 2021-08-11T02:33:51.116902+00:00 | PEOPLE v. WELCH | People v. Welch | PEOPLE v. WELCH. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreifuuqb6cjrl62kiilxffitl3n7fjt7toxpmuslf6hmvyclasnm5ce | Bushnell, J.
The people appeal from an order quashing an information which charged respondents with managing a lottery, and aiding and assisting in disposing of merchandise by way of lottery for money in a game of chance, to-wit: a beano game. The appeal presents the single question: Is "beano" a lottery?
The substance... | 269 | 1106 |
9026 | bafkreiddi7vnezeazgnrs6aibwcrurag7zz22tdbgy3ndfpanhcqhngrqy | 302 Mich. 331 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1942-07-01 | Docket No. 26, Calendar No. 42,013 | 331 | DONALD v. FAULDS.
1. Bailment — Storage op Household Goods.
Record held, devoid of proof that defendants agreed to store plaintiffs’ household goods in any particular place or become responsible for any damages which might result from improper storage or care.
. 2. Landlord and Tenant — Tenancy at Will.
When one party ... | 1823438 | Chandler, C. J., and North, Starr, Butzel, Bushnell, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred. Wiest, J., did not sit. | Michigan | 336 | 2021-08-11T02:32:29.479993+00:00 | DONALD v. FAULDS | Donald v. Faulds | DONALD v. FAULDS. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreibn6v5qg742bfs5lhezkjbbva3z2l6c7po6rjbelrbiyqcxf7qjpe | Boyles, J.
Defendants own and reside on a farm with lake frontage near Howell, in Livingston county, rent boats and cottages, raise chickens, run two orchards, conduct farming operations. In 1937 they advertised for a tenant, an experienced chicken-raiser, to help with the work. Plaintiffs, residents of Detroit, answer... | 302 | 1489 |
21511 | bafkreiczo6j5rrvnjhu3fn2a3f73ix7w7am73uu5kmrkdysr6fuotbg6pq | 329 Mich. 671 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1951-03-01 | Docket No. 14, Calendar No. 44,723 | 671 | BAKER v. ROSCOMMON COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION.
1. Highways and Streets—Summer Resort Associations—Townships—Counties.
A summer resort association does not have control over the streets in its plat to the exclusion of both township and county highway authorities for purposes of repair (CL 1948, § 455.211).
2. Dedication—Acc... | 1902991 | Reid, C. J., and Boyles, Dethmers, Btjtzel, Carr, Bttshnell, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 682 | 2021-08-11T02:33:59.067804+00:00 | BAKER v. ROSCOMMON COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION | Baker v. Roscommon County Road Commission | BAKER v. ROSCOMMON COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreibr2y6r5vpyhjruwhvfpbq3wv5syahobaxgmoxh4whggaxsuppvae | North, J.
The plaintiffs herein are individual owners of lots in Shoppenagon Lodge plat, primarily a resort property, in Lyon township, Roscommon county, Michigan, and Shoppenagon Lodge Lake Shore Corporation, organized in 1941 pursuant to PA 1929, No 137, as amended. See CL 1948, § 455.201 et seq. (Stat Ann and Stat A... | 329 | 3616 |
6863 | bafkreidu4xd5mzef5yd2s6lulye7rkbxnu2t5znjt5xsqy46xkpxjs3r4a | 155 Mich. App. 314 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1986-10-07 | Docket No. 86652 | 314 | ECKHARDT v ECKHARDT
Docket No. 86652.
Submitted July 10, 1986, at Lansing.
Decided October 7, 1986.
Plaintiff, Henry Eckhardt, and defendant, Mary Jane Eckhardt, were divorced and plaintiff was ordered to pay weekly alimony until either defendant remarried or one of the parties died. Plaintiff moved the Saginaw Circuit... | 2279366 | Before: Cynar, P.J., and T. M. Burns and M. E. Kobza, JJ. | Michigan | 317 | 2021-08-10T16:59:13.873445+00:00 | ECKHARDT v. ECKHARDT | Eckhardt v. Eckhardt | ECKHARDT v ECKHARDT | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreierl42473lmiujx7xsg4dzvy6wbagysyrvnlwezn7ytduoyrv3oey | Per Curiam:.
Plaintiff appeals from an order denying modification or termination of alimony. We affirm.
Plaintiff and defendant were divorced in 1979 after a thirty-six-year marriage. The divorce judgment required plaintiff to pay alimony of $525 a week until defendant remarried or one of the parties died. In 1985, pla... | 155 | 1123 |
10361 | bafkreiggchofvrpltgudv4qphonuaa5chmzzodi5hmywrrnjoehurhgqna | 40 Mich. 356 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-31 | 356 | Dwight Nims and Frederick A. Nims v. Sewell S. Vaughn.
Specific performance.
Stipulations not actually made and to which the parties might not have assented, cannot be imported into a contract, however equitable they may be. '
"Where a demand for specific performance has once been made and refused, it is not necessary ... | 1328419 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 361 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Dwight Nims and Frederick A. Nims v. Sewell S. Vaughn | Nims v. Vaughn | Dwight Nims and Frederick A. Nims v. Sewell S. Vaughn. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreibvagzt33z4pujcdpevgni4eep2ru3rjhm62cnlkh6o27r7hk3sea | Cooley, J.
In June, 1874, Dwight Nims and Ann, his wife, gave to the defendant Vaughn a mortgage on six acres of land platted into city lots in Grand Eapids to secure the payment of $4,400 in two years, with ten per centum interest. The sum named in the mortgage was made up of about $4,000 money loaned and about $400 e... | 40 | 1826 | |
8880 | bafkreif2t3ypp5prizwhfic75frjjb2zdbqvw5w4xc6ypqtr3x4swn5yhi | 329 Mich. 636 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1951-03-01 | Docket No. 9, Calendar No. 44,807 | 636 | LEE v. INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CORPORATION.
1. Corporations—Investment in Stock—Creditors.
An investment in the capital stock of a corporation does not become an obligation of the corporation superior to those of its creditors.
2. Garnishment—Corporations—Loan.
Finding of trial court that garnishee had been repaid money wh... | 1903062 | Reid, C. J., and North, Dethmers, Butzel, Carr, Bushnell, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred. | Michigan | 641 | 2021-08-11T02:33:59.067804+00:00 | LEE v. INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CORPORATION | Lee v. Industrial Research Corp. | LEE v. INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CORPORATION. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreia2blaq5xzr3xr5ykuzeriaf2yu6r7xczclyfj4nzirrch73v5ejy | Boyles, J.
In 1949, plaintiff obtained a judgment for $2,075.76, and costs, against the principal defendant, Industrial Research Corporation. Thereupon plaintiff started the instant proceeding against Mrs. Mabel H. Guy as g'arnishee defendant. She filed a disclosure denying liability to the principal defendant. Thereup... | 329 | 1470 |
27340 | bafkreihv5wq72e2xo5mrmk33kslhtcmaige5beaom7flf3a5cx3vx2mkyq | 106 Mich. App. 776 | Michigan Court of Appeals | 1981-06-03 | Docket No. 46667 | 776 | DREWES v GRAND VALLEY STATE COLLEGES
Docket No. 46667.
Submitted October 7, 1980, at Grand Rapids.—
Decided June 3, 1981.
Plaintiff, William N. Drewes, was employed as a musician with the Woody Herman Orchestra of New York. Defendant, Grand Valley State Colleges, engaged the services of the orchestra as part of a music... | 2187026 | Before: R. M. Maher, P. J., and R. B. Burns and D. F. Walsh, JJ. | Michigan | 789 | 2021-08-10T17:26:07.423960+00:00 | DREWES v. GRAND VALLEY STATE COLLEGES | Drewes v. Grand Valley State Colleges | DREWES v GRAND VALLEY STATE COLLEGES | CAP | Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals. | bafkreicfr5xpiw74p46cyls2lffllhhzwhve4sl4n3qoqvs3bqw2vjlslq | R. M. Maher, P.J.
Defendant appeals by leave granted the order of the trial court denying defendant's motion for accelerated judgment. Pursuant to GCR 1963, 806.3(l)(a)(ii) the trial court certified that the order "involves a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion ... | 106 | 4449 |
49919 | bafkreihkqtx57zo2z24nsutmafrsnztqpvajapit6hariftl2dlgvalice | 321 Mich. 276 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1948-05-18 | Docket No. 16, Calendar No. 43,652 | 276 | STANDARD GROCER CO. v. LOCAL NO. 406 OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR.
1. Master and Servant — Unfair Labor Practice — Coercion of Employees by Employer.
Under the 1947 labor-management relations act it is an unfair labor practice for an employer to interfere, restrain, or coerce its employees in the exercise of the... | 1919926 | Sharpe, Eeid, North, Butzel, and Carr, JJ., com cnrred with Boyles, J. | Michigan | 303 | 2021-08-11T02:34:04.070680+00:00 | STANDARD GROCER CO. v. LOCAL NO. 406 OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR | Standard Grocer Co. v. Local No. 406 of the American Federation of Labor | STANDARD GROCER CO. v. LOCAL NO. 406 OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreief4e5tncl2p5jtr4xgy2s4sm4am2rnqgowruqqf75ej3myakjggu | Bushnell, C. J.
Plaintiff Standard Grocer Company is a wholesaler, engaged in selling its merchandise throughout western Michigan. Its principal place of business is at Holland and its branches are at Grand Rapids and Muskegon.
Defendant Local No. 406 is a part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs,... | 321 | 8243 |
5659 | bafkreid7mww3exf333mjuofbphxr5lrps6kim3tnv5gvfptldxzz4icd4m | 321 Mich. 367 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1948-05-18 | Docket No. 46, Calendar No. 43,769 | 367 | BUCKLEY v. GIBBS.
1. Appeal and Error — Circuit Court Commissioner — Circuit Court — Claim of Appeal — Papers Served on Appellee.
Claim of appeal from circuit court commissioner to circuit court was properly dismissed for failure of appellant to serve upon appellee or her attorney within time required by pertinent cour... | 1919901 | Bushnell, C. J., and Sharpe, Boyles, North, Dethmers, Butzel, and Caer, JJ,, concurred. | Michigan | 370 | 2021-08-11T02:34:04.070680+00:00 | BUCKLEY v. GIBBS | Buckley v. Gibbs | BUCKLEY v. GIBBS. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreidyavfob5ot7gxak6rxizyjwqe5t5zhzgdovkfseh5wbysruoupmi | Reid, J.
Plaintiff, the record titleholder of the premises in question, brought suit against defendant for the recovery of possession of lands in a summary ouster proceedings before a circuit court commissioner of Wayne county. On October 23, 1946, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty and judgment of ouster was entere... | 321 | 954 |
5536 | bafkreicpp56h7wbfx26l66us47nwd3cxml3anzibf7q5yvj3webubzs5qm | 40 Mich. 229 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1879-01-31 | 229 | Joseph Milton v. Frederick H. Wacker, Drain Commissioner, and Peter F. H. Schars, Clerk of the Township of Chesterfield.
Condemnation of land for township ditch.
Proceedings to condemn land for a township ditch are void if it does not appear that the dimensions of the proposed ditch were made known to the jury or commi... | 1328428 | The other Justices concurred. | Michigan | 232 | 2021-08-10T17:10:39.020392+00:00 | Joseph Milton v. Frederick H. Wacker, Drain Commissioner, and Peter F. H. Schars, Clerk of the Township of Chesterfield | Milton v. Wacker | Joseph Milton v. Frederick H. Wacker, Drain Commissioner, and Peter F. H. Schars, Clerk of the Township of Chesterfield. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreibp54azsikvm3ynz4hxvn3ueikmsjoe6ixjicvn5x6eaw4i3ec274 | Graves, J.
This certiorari is brought to review proceedings by a township drain commissioner. The record charges many errors, but only one ground of complaint will be specially noticed. Several objections are unimportant, and one defect which plaintiff's counsel suggested when the case was submitted is, not alleged as ... | 40 | 943 | |
7887 | bafkreiagkjhnv4ibkifoj6ughtedfn2xv4qfmmto7sti4fduzebukujdpy | 268 Mich. 148 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1934-07-02 | Docket No. 168, Calendar No. 37,614 | 148 | VILLAGE OF CLAWSON v. Van WAGONER.
1. Estoppel — Municipal -Corporations — Apportionment op Drain Assessment.
Village held, .estopped from claiming want o-f notice and irregularities in drain apportionment proceedings where it had actual notice of them, and allowed incurring of expense of construction without pursuing ... | 1882085 | Nelson Sharpe, C. J., and Potter, North, Btjtzel, Btjshnell, and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., concurred with Fead, J. | Michigan | 152 | 2021-08-11T02:33:56.107134+00:00 | VILLAGE OF CLAWSON v. Van WAGONER | Village of Clawson v. Van Wagoner | VILLAGE OF CLAWSON v. Van WAGONER. | CAP | Michigan Reports | bafkreicamkh5l5t27vqw4buhncdkwbntlrzno6is57roiwsgseoghw7zym | Fead, J.
Plaintiff filed bill and had decree restraining enforcement of an assessment against it for drain taxes.
Petition for the drain was filed in 1925. At that time a village could not be assessed as a unit for drain benefits.
Plaintiff village commissioners and officers individually signed petitions for laying out... | 268 | 1325 |