Russell & Co. v. Klink

Action was brought before a justice of the peace by plaintiff, as a corporation, to recover from the defendant a balance claimed to be due on a promissory note which, with the endorsements thereon, are as follows :

“ $160.00. Weston, Mioh., Sept. 6, 1879.

On or before the first day of December, 1881, for value received, we, or either of us, promise to pay to the order of Arbuclde & Ryan, Toledo, Ohio, four hundred and sixty dollars, payable at C. C. Wakefield & Co.’s Bank, Morenci, Mich., with interest, and if not paid when due, at eight per cent, per annum from maturity, payable annually,…