Bank of Saginaw v. Pierson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Kelley, J., presiding. Assumpsit by the Bank of Saginaw against Frank D. Pierson, as director of the Williams Milling Company, upon a promissory note. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
-The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover from the defendant, a director of the Williams Milling Company, the amount due upon a promissory note given by said company on July 20, 1895, payable on the 30th day of October thereafter to the order of Alfred Mosher & Son, which note was indorsed to the plaintiff, and discounted in the usual course of business.
The evidence of the plaintiff tended to show that the Williams Milling Company was organized on May 12, 1892, under Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1885; that the defendant had been director and secretary of the company from the date of…
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