Howard v. McCann

The bill of complaint in this case was filed to obtain a cancellation of. a settlement agreement which the plaintiff charges was induced by fraud and duress and was illegal for the further reason that it was made on Sunday. Before the controversy arose, the parties had been jointly engaged in business as principal stockholders and officers in the Doty-Salisbury Company of Flint, Michigan, and other corporations. In dividing their interests, the plaintiff was given two notes of $29,000 each signed by the Doty-Salisbury Company and indorsed by the two defendants. Payments were made on these…