Cashin v. Pliter
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Assumpsit by McArthur Cashin and Charles Narron copartners as the Flint Construction & Realty Company, against William C. Pliter for materials furnished and for work and labor performed. A judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by plaintiffs on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteebe, J.
In this case a verdict was directed in favor of defendant, for the reason that the contract sued upon was void under Act No. 101, Pub. Acts 1907; the same being entitled “An act to regulate the carrying on of business under an assumed or fictitious name.”
This act prohibits the conduct or transaction of any business in this State under an assumed name, or any other than the real name of each individual owning or conducting the same, unless such person or persons shall acknowledge and file in the office of the clerk of the county in which the business is or is to be conducted, or an office…
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