McRae v. Lonsby
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan.
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, Circuit Judge
This is an action brought to recover the contents of a promissory note given by the defendants, Lonsby, to McRae, November 8, '1899, for $3,300/with interest. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and added a notice of a special defense in the form prescribed by a statute of Michigan relating to pleadings in actions at law. The special defense ■ set up was, in substance, this: That the note was given for the. purchase price of the parts of the dismantled steamboat called the Byron Trerice, consisting of the hull, the boiler, the engine, and machinery; that at the time of the purchase all…
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