Sigler v. Platt
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee Circuit. This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover the balance of certain unpaid partnership claims, according to tbe terms of tbe following written instrument: “I, Artemas Sigler, one of the members of the late firm of Sigler & Gillett, at Adrian, Michigan, hereby agree and consent that Augustus B. Gillett, the other member of said firm, may compound and arrange with the creditors of said firm for his own release from the debts thereof, as he shall…
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Error to Lenawee Circuit. This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover the balance of certain unpaid partnership claims, according to tbe terms of tbe following written instrument: “I, Artemas Sigler, one of the members of the late firm of Sigler & Gillett, at Adrian, Michigan, hereby agree and consent that Augustus B. Gillett, the other member of said firm, may compound and arrange with the creditors of said firm for his own release from the debts thereof, as he shall he able; and I waive all objection to said compromise, and will not take any advantage thereof, nor consider myself…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
Suit was brought by Platt against Sigler to charge him individually, under a sealed instrument, whereby he agreed *210to hold himself personally liable, upon so much of certain partnership demands against himself, and one Augustus B. Gillett, as should not be secured or paid by Gillett, whom he authorized to compound with the creditors for his own release. This suit was to recover of Sigler the balance not paid by Gillett, and the declaration was a special one, founded on the agreement. Sigler pleaded the general issue, and relied also on the statute of limitations.
The principal…
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