Seligman v. Pinet
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw. (Edget, J.) Assumpsit. Defendants Alfred N. Pinet and Henry L. Shaw bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
Seligman sues upon a joint promissory note for $1,700, executed by the two Pinets and Shaw, dated July 3, 1888, and payable six months after date, to his order, at Seligman^s Bank of Commerce, East Saginaw. Upon this note, before suit, one of the Pinets had paid two-thirds of the principal, and interest due at the time of payment.
The defense was that Seligman agreed with Shaw that he would collect two-thirds of the note of the Pinets, *52and extend the time of payment of the remaining third to Shaw until such time as certain profits from the barge Norway would be sufficient to pay such third.…
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