Legal Opinion
Smith v. Hubbard
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 3, 1919No. Docket No. 31PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error to St. Clair; Law, J. Assumpsit by Charles Smith against Frank W. Hubbard and others, copartners as the Palms Bank of Frank W. Hubbard & Co., for the amount of a certified check. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
In this action, commenced in the circuit court of St. Clair county, on October 18, 1917, plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendants in the sum of $1,036.25 upon the following certified check:
“Palms, Mich., July 27, 1915.
“No......
“Palms Bank op Frank W. Hubbard & Co.
“Pay to the order of E. ,W. Mapes........$1,000, one thousand dollars.
“Eli Sawdon.”
Across the*face of this was written the following:
“Good when properly endorsed.
“B. D. Wright,
“Cash. July 27, ’15.”
Indorsed upon the back of said check were the following names, in the following order:' E. W. Mapes, Eli Sawdon, Flavel G. Briggs.
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