Legal Opinion
Barr v. Payne
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1941No. Docket No. 25, Calendar No. 41,498PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBushnell, J.
On September 8, 1931, Martha Lehman borrowed $1,800 from the Commercial National Bank & Trust Company of St. Joseph, Michigan, giving her note therefor. She received the entire consideration. Plaintiff B. E. Barr, who has been in the practice of law for upwards of 25 or 30 years in St. Joseph, signed the Lehman note as an accommodation maker.
On September 3, 1938, defendant W. B. Payne, receiver for the payee bank, began an action at law on the note against the two makers. No appearance having been entered, the receiver, on December 28, 1938, took a default judgment against the comakers…
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