Buchtel v. Mason

The plaintiff brought suit in assumpsit against the defendants in the Muskegon circuit, to recover the amount due upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy:

“$1,500. Muskegon, Mich., July 1, 1880.

“ Twenty-six months after date we promise to pay to the order of William Buchtel fifteen hundred dollars, at the Bank of Akron, Ohio, value received, with interest.

“ L. G. Mason.

“C. S. Davis.”

*606The declaration was upon the common counts. Plea, general issue.

On the twenty-first day of March last, the cause was tried, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of $2,278.50, the…