Edsell v. Briggs
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Allegan Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed in the Circuit Court for the County of Allegan in Chancery, by Wilson C. Ed-sell, Daniel M. Hall, Lenora Foster, Franklin Chadsey, Willard Higgins, and James Monteith, against Emory 0. Briggs, Isaac W. Willard, Thomas L. Stevens, J. P. Threslier, Edmund Smith, and Alonzo Sherman, to restrain the defendant Briggs from proceeding in an action at law then pending for the collection of the amount due upon…
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Appeal in Chancery from Allegan Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed in the Circuit Court for the County of Allegan in Chancery, by Wilson C. Ed-sell, Daniel M. Hall, Lenora Foster, Franklin Chadsey, Willard Higgins, and James Monteith, against Emory 0. Briggs, Isaac W. Willard, Thomas L. Stevens, J. P. Threslier, Edmund Smith, and Alonzo Sherman, to restrain the defendant Briggs from proceeding in an action at law then pending for the collection of the amount due upon a promissory note, made by complainants for four thousand and five hundred dollars, a guarantee for the collection of…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The important facts in this case may be stated as follows: The complainants are subscribers to the stock of the Chicago & Michigan Grand Trunk Railway Company, and have paid a part only of the amount subscribed. They reside at Otsego in the County of Allegan, and two of their number are directors in the company. The defendants, except Briggs and Thresher,f are subscribers to the stock of the same company, residing at Paw Paw, in VanBuren County, who have also paid a part of their subscription only, and three of their number are directors. Thresher, at the time this controversy arose, was…
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