Legal Opinion
First National Bank v. Garland
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 1896PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Error to Bay; Maxwell, J. Assumpsit by the First National Bank of Athens, Ohio, against Michael Garland and others, upon a foreign judgment. From a judgment for defendants on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
This action was brought upon a judgment, rendered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants in the common pleas court for the county of Athens, in the State of Ohio, by confession of attorney, upon a note reading as follows:
“$5,000. Chillicothe, 0., May 29, 1894.
“Four months after date, we jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of George F. Hunter five thousand dollars, for value received, with interest at the rate of eight per cent, per annjim after maturity. And we hereby jointly and severally authorize and empower any attorney at law, in any court of record, at any…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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