Fowles v. Joslyn
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun; Winsor, J. Louis Fowles presented a claim against the estate of Betsey C. Holmes, deceased, upon a promissory note. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners on a contest made by James L. Joslyn, administrator, and claimant appealed to the circuit court, where he obtained a judgment. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This case was once before the court. The opinion on the former hearing is reported in 130 Mich. 272 (89 N. W. 946). On the second trial of the case, in addition to the testimony there offered, the plaintiff offered the testimony of one Squire C. Boylan, who testified to a conversation with deceased in 1896, in which deceased stated in substance that, between 1893 and the date of the conversation, she had made a small payment of interest on the note. The plaintiff also offered in evidence an entry in a book of account or memorandum book in the handwriting of deceased under date of January 31,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fowles v. JoslynMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
- Van Bokkelein v. BerdellNew York Supreme Court · 1888