Chandler v. Lawrence
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Macomb Circuit. This cause was commenced by Lawrence, in the Macomb County Court, against Chandler, the plaintiff in error, and Lucrotia Harris and Harvey Brown, upon a joint and several promissory note, made by Chandler, Harris and Brown. On the note were two endorsements of payment, in the hemdwnl/iruj of Uhancllar, although not signed by him.
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Error to Macomb Circuit. This cause was commenced by Lawrence, in the Macomb County Court, against Chandler, the plaintiff in error, and Lucrotia Harris and Harvey Brown, upon a joint and several promissory note, made by Chandler, Harris and Brown. On the note were two endorsements of payment, in the hemdwnl/iruj of Uhancllar, although not signed by him. The declaration was originally .against all the makers, and was served on Chandler only, the other makers being nonresidents. Chandler alone appeared, plead the general issue, and gave notice that he should show on the trial that the said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Green, P. J.
This suit was commenced in the County Court of Macomb County, in June, 1851, by filing declaration, but was tried in the Circuit Court for said county, at the September term of 1852. Whether it was transferred from the County Court into the Circuit Court, by election of one of the parties, or by virtue of the 10th section of the schedule of-the new Constitution, the record does not show. If the transfer was by election, the question is free from all doubt. The “ act to consolidate the laws in relation to County Courts, and for other purposes,” approved April 2,1849, §…
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