Legal Opinion
Union Trust Co. v. Morgans
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 12, 1905No. Docket No. 6PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error to Oakland; Smith, J. Assumpsit by the Union Trust Company, administrator de honis non with the will annexed of the estate of Lucetta R. Medbury, deceased, against William H. Morgans on a promissory note. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
In her lifetime Mrs. Lucetta Medbury, who lived in Detroit, was the owner of a lighting system at Pontiac, Mich. The defendant was her manager. She executed to him papers reading as follows:
“Detroit, Sept. 9, 1899.
“To Whom It May Concern:
“I hereby agree to accept of William H. Morgans, the sum of sixty-two thousand two hundred and ninety-eight 17 /100 dollars on or before the 27th day of September, 1899, in full for the Pontiac Gas Co. plant and property agreeable to a certain inventory, dated Detroit, Sept. 9th, 1899, as made by Isaac C. Baxter of this city.
“L. R." Medbury.
“Witness: George…
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