Pickell v. Coates

The plaintiffs placed a claim against the defendant in the hands of a collection agency at Detroit for collection, who sent it to its correspondent, an attorney at Hastings, the home of defendant. He brought an action in justice’s court, but was defeated. He wrote the collection agency without delay, asking if the plaintiffs wished to take an appeal. The letter was received and opened by a lady clerk, who was temporarily acting in the absence of their correspondence clerk, and she neglected to bring the matter to the attention of the manager until a week or so after the statutory period of…