Legal Opinion

Garton v. Union City National Bank

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1876PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to Eaton Circuit.

1Opinion of the Court

Grates, J:

The bank sued, and was allowed to recover, on an instrument of the following tenor:

“$1,000. Union City, Micii., May 12, 1873.
“On demand, - days ’after date, I promise to pay to C. T. Allen, cashier, or order, one thousand dollars at Union City National Bank, value received, with exchange on New York, and interest at ten per cent, after maturity.
“Jane Garton..
*280“This note is to be used as collateral security to A. Climie5s notes.55

The declaration set forth the instrument, and averred that it was made to the bank and received by the bank as collateral security for a demand it then held…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of PawletSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  2. Thatcher v. West River National BankMichigan Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Griffin v. ErskineSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  2. Nave v. HadleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Ludington Water-Supply Co. v. City of LudingtonMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Imperial Curtain Co. v. JacobMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Hodge v. Farmers' BankIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893

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