Thompson v. Village of Mecosta
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Chester, J. Debt by Anna Maria Thompson and William M. Thompson, trustees, etc., against the village of Mecosta, upon a municipal bond. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
This action, brought to recover upon a municipal bond issued by the village of Mecosta, has been before us on a former occasion. See 127 Mich. 522. The bond was admittedly irregular, and in order that plaintiffs recover it is necessary that they show that the Jackson City Bank, from which they purchased it, was a bona fide purchaser of the bond for value. Id. The evidence offered to prove such purchase consisted of the testimony of Hutchison and a transcript of that of Newkirk, a former' cashier of the bank, now dead, taken upon the former trial. We held in our former opinion that Newkirk’s…
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- State v. McGaffinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
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- Fish v. MorseMichigan Supreme Court · 1860
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