Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 59Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1887 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Defendant's wealth - Exemplary damages— Declarations of plaintiff as evidence . MORSE , J. 1. On the trial of an action for damages for breach of an alleged promise to marry , defendant's wealth is a proper subject of inquiry . 2. Where ...
... Defendant's wealth - Exemplary damages— Declarations of plaintiff as evidence . MORSE , J. 1. On the trial of an action for damages for breach of an alleged promise to marry , defendant's wealth is a proper subject of inquiry . 2. Where ...
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... defendant at one time and the assent of the plaintiff at another , will not do . The conduct of the plaintiff in the absence of the defendant , and not in any way connected with him , has no more tendency to prove that he received her ...
... defendant at one time and the assent of the plaintiff at another , will not do . The conduct of the plaintiff in the absence of the defendant , and not in any way connected with him , has no more tendency to prove that he received her ...
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... defendant wantonly , wilfully and without just cause broke the engagement they would be justified in considering not ... defendant's breach of the contract : Miller v . Rosier , 31 Mich . 475 ; Vanderpool v . Richardson , 52 Mich . 339 ...
... defendant wantonly , wilfully and without just cause broke the engagement they would be justified in considering not ... defendant's breach of the contract : Miller v . Rosier , 31 Mich . 475 ; Vanderpool v . Richardson , 52 Mich . 339 ...
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... defendant , and he was going to marry her ; and that these declarations , not in the presence of defendant , were allowed to be used , not alone to show damage , but as evidence in corroboration of the main fact to be established , the ...
... defendant , and he was going to marry her ; and that these declarations , not in the presence of defendant , were allowed to be used , not alone to show damage , but as evidence in corroboration of the main fact to be established , the ...
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... defendant's wealth . It was a proper subject of inquiry , and we do not think the defend- ant was harmed by the course of the investigation in that respect . The whole inquiry , as shown by the record , tak- ing the testimony introduced ...
... defendant's wealth . It was a proper subject of inquiry , and we do not think the defend- ant was harmed by the course of the investigation in that respect . The whole inquiry , as shown by the record , tak- ing the testimony introduced ...
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