Halpin v. White
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lapeer; Lamb, J., presiding. Assumpsit by Theodore D. Halpin, administrator of the estate of Oliver H. Wattles, deceased, against Kirk White and another on a promissory note. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Oliver H. Wattles in his lifetime did a banking business in the city of Lapeer. When he succeeded to the business of his father, J. M. Wattles, he continued to run it as sole owner under the name of J. M. Wattles & Co., the same as his father had done. *551In July, 1909, while conducting the business under this name, he loaned to defendants $1,500, and took their .promissory note therefor. When Oliver H. Wattles died, in March, 1911, the note was still unpaid, and his administrator, Theodore D. Halpin, commenced this suit to recover thereon. The sole defense was that the name of J. M. Wattles &…
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