Associates Discount Corp. v. Gear

This is an action on a promissory note. Plaintiff Associates Discount Corporation, a foreign corporation, maintains a branch office at Kalamazoo, through which it loans money, secured by chattel mortgages and conditional sales contracts. One of its accounts was with Wallace R. Ewing, a used-car dealer in Kalamazoo, operating unaer the name of Kalamazoo Auto Mart. Edward J. Schludecker, the manager of Associates in Kalamazoo, testified:

“Our company has been dealing with Mr. Ewing-long before J une of 1948 which was when I came here: I have been servicing Mr. Ewing’s accounts personally. * * *…