Thatcher v. West River National Bank
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw Circuit. This was an action of assumpsit upon a promissory note brought by a corporation plaintiff, whose name was stated in the commencement of the declaration to be — “ The West River National Bank of Jamaica, Vermont.” The note declared on was made by E. Thatcher, the defendant below, and was payable to the order of “L. N. Sprague, Ag’fc.”
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Error to Saginaw Circuit. This was an action of assumpsit upon a promissory note brought by a corporation plaintiff, whose name was stated in the commencement of the declaration to be — “ The West River National Bank of Jamaica, Vermont.” The note declared on was made by E. Thatcher, the defendant below, and was payable to the order of “L. N. Sprague, Ag’fc.” The defendant pleaded the general issue and gave notice that Sprague, the payee named in the note, was the agent of the Jamaica Leather Company, and that the note was given without consideration to the defendant, and for the…
1Opinion of the CourtOhristiancy, J.
There was no error in allowing the plaintiff below (defendant in error) to introduce, for the purpose of proving its corporate existence, the organization certificates, upon which was certified by the Comptroller of the Currency that the- original was filed in his office, nor in the admission of the certificates of said Comptroller (of Sept. 21 1865), that the bank had complied with the provisions of the act of Congress, “To provide a National Currency” etc., of June 3, 1864.
The objection made by defendant below was, in substance, that by the declaration, the plaintiff claimed to be a…
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