Jordan v. Flour City Fuel & Transfer Co.

Defendant appeals from an order denying it a new trial after its counterclaim had been disallowed by the exclusion of evidence offered in support thereof. The propriety of that ruling is the only thing now in question.

The counterclaim declares on plaintiff’s guaranty of 5 promissory notes, aggregating nearly $15,000, wherein he is payee and the Northern Michigan Land Company is the maker. The notes were ■each secured by a mortgage on land in Michigan. In payment of his subscription for certain stock of the defendant, plaintiff transferred the notes and assigned the mortgages to it. The notes…