Northern Assurance Co. v. Meyer
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Sharpe, J., presiding. Assumpsit in justice’s court by the Northern Assurance Company against John George Meyer and Rudolph Kraenzlein for' the amount of premiums on certain policies of life insurance. From judgments for plaintiff, defendants appealed to the circuit court where both were tried as one suit. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
The above-entitled causes were apparently begun in justice’s court, as the pleadings were oral, but heard together in the circuit court of Bay county and brought here upon a single, record, with the explanation in the bill of exceptions that:
“The defendants were separately sued, but the cases involved one and the same question, and both suits were tried together,” and “it was agreed on the trial that the evidence submitted should be applicable to both of these cases.”
Plaintiff declared orally upon the common counts in assumpsit and especially upon two notes signed by defendants. That signed…
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- Heffron v. DalyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
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- Price v. MarthenMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
- Sebring v. HazardMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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