Rickey v. Morrison

Plaintiff brought this action in the circuit court for the county of Ionia upon a note of which the following is a copy:

“Thirty days from date I promise to payE. D. Rickey two hundred and twenty-five dollars, at First National Bank in Ionia, Michigan. John E. Morrison,

“ By Lemuel Clute, His Attorney in Fact.

“November 9, 1885.”

Defendant pleaded the general issue, and gave notice that he would insist upon the trial—

“ That the note, a copy of which is attached to the plaintiff’s declaration in this case, had no good or valuable consideration to support it, and contains a mere nude promise, which…