Boston Piano & Music Co. v. Pontiac Clothing Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Oakland; Smith, J. Assumpsit by the Boston Piano & Music Company against the Pontiac Clothing Company on a promissory note. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
The contract sued upon in this case is like that in Boston Piano & Music Co. v. Seckinger, 198 Mich. 312 (164 N. W. 263), and similar to the ones in Loveland v. Bump, 198 Mich. 564 (165 N. W. 855), and Harrison v. Grier, 198 Mich. 672 (165 N. W. 854), handed down herewith. The defenses made in the *144three cases referred to that the transaction was illegal, in contravention of public policy, and void were not made in this case. This defendant in the court below insisted in his defense that the contract was not executed by any one authorized to execute it, and that it was procured by fraud. After…
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