Chapman v. Colby Bros.

Defendant in error, claiming to be a Vermont private corporation, recovered judgment against Chapman in the Hillsdale circuit court for money advanced to him, and not repaid either in cash or in real estate, as it is claimed he was to repay it. The declaration described the plaintiffs below as incorporated under a statute referred to, and contained the common counts, and no special count.

The facts out of which the transaction sued on arose, so far as now material, were as follows: In October, 18Y1, an agreement was executed in Beading, Hillsdale county, by a number of parties, including…