Shaw v. Clark
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lapeer. Assumpsit. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
This suit is upon a note given by the defendants under the partnership name of John Clark & Sons for four thousand dollars, dated October 29, 1879, and payable ninety days after date to the order of Johnson, Shaw & Co. The note was indorsed by Johnson, Shaw & Co. and discounted by the Eirst National Bank of Pontiac, and the plaintiff, just before it fell due, paid the amount to the bank and it was transferred to him.
The defense made to the note is that it was given for a gambling consideration, and that the plaintiff is not a holder in good faith. The facts appear to be that previous to the…
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