Case Name: John Winklemeir v. Philip Daiber
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1892-07-28
Citations: 92 Mich. 621
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Winklemeir v. Philip Daiber.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 92
Pages: 621–622

Head Matter:
John Winklemeir v. Philip Daiber.
Trial — Postponement—Discretion of court.
The question whether defendant should have been compelled to go to trial was within the discretion of the trial court, which discretion is held not to have been abused.
Error to Wayne. (Hosmer, J.)
Argued June 24, 1892.
Decided July 28, 1892.
Assumpsit. Defendant brings error.
Affirmed.
The-facts are stated in the opinion.
Stewart & Galloway, for appellant,
William Loolc and William E. Walsh, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
McGrath, J.
This was assumpsit upon a contract for building two cottages, the balance claimed to be due being $125, for which amount plaintiff had judgment.
Plaintiff claimed that the work tvas done upon a contract for a specific amount for each of the two,houses, and defendant denied any such contract, and insisted that plaintiff was to receive a given amount per day for his work. Exceptions were taken to the charge of the court and to the refusal to give certain requests. The court submitted the issue to the jury fairly and properly, and it is not necessary to discuss either the instructions given or the requests refused.
The question as to whether defendant should have been compelled to go to trial under the circumstances detailed was one within the trial court's discretion, and no abuse of such discretion is shown.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs to plaintiff.
The other Justices concurred.