French v. Ryan
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Brevoort, J.) ■ Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts ■are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, C. J.
This suit is brought upon a promissory note of $5,000, made by John Eyan, indorsed by •James- Eyan, and given in payment for a subscription to *627stock in the Port Austin Manufacturing Company,, a corporation. The defense is fraud and misrepresentation respecting the business to which the corporation succeeded, •and concerning the parties who were to join in the new ■enterprise and the amount of capital which had been secured. The fact that Mark Carrington is the real owner ■of the note is not seriously .questioned.
Thomas Winsor and his father-in-law, Mark Carrington, had for some years been…
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