Gillett v. Burns
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Oakland; Smith, J. Assumpsit by Florence M. Gillett against Abel A. Burns on a promissory note. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and, a new trial having been refused, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This case was commenced in justice’s court, where judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. It was then appealed to the circuit court. The attorney for the defendant during the session of the circuit court had a case in the federal court in Cincinnati. He *617did not make a formal application for a continuance of the case, though he had some correspondence by letter and telegram with the circuit judge and the clerk of the court. The attorneys for the plaintiff would not consent to a continuance. When it was reached in its order upon the calendar, it was tried by a jury, who rendered a…
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