Hasbrook v. Palmer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Michigan
[At law. Action by Hasbrook and Seaman against Palmer and Clark.]
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF
THE COURT.
This action is brought by the plaintiffs as assignees on a promissory note, payable at New' York, in New York funds, or their equivalent. The defendants demur specially; and for cause of demurrer state, that it is not averred in said declaration of what value the said New York funds or their equivalent in the declaration were at the time and place of payment, and that said note is not negotiable. The Michigan statute in regard to the negotiability of promissory notes, is similar to the statute of Anne, which has been generally adopted in this country. And the principal…
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