Cogswell v. City of Escanaba
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Delta; Flannigan, J. Assumpsit by Edwin H. Cogswell against the city of Escanaba for an installment of interest upon a certificate of indebtedness. Judgment for plaintiff upon a verdict directed by the court. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This suit was brought to recover an installment of $98 interest on a certificate of indebtedness for the sum of $2,450, delivered to the Abbott Voting Machine Company by the defendant on the 23d day of April, 1907. This certificate was issued in payment of the purchase price of voting machines, pursuant to Act No. 217, Pub. Acts 1905 (1 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] §§ 421-425). The defendant in this suit pleaded the general issue and gave notice, among other things, that the consideration of the contract for the purchase of said voting mtchines, upon which this certificate was issued, had failed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Darling v. City of ManisteeMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
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