Hakes v. Macklin

The defendants were sued as makers of three promissory notes for $600 each. A jury in the trial court gave plaintiff a verdict for the full amount of his claim, and the defendants have assigned error thereon in this court.

The notes in question were joint and several obligations, and were executed by 18 residents of Mecosta and Isabella counties and delivered to one Russell lams for the purchase price of a Percheron stallion. The notes were dated March 27, 1902, and made payable on September 1, 1903, 1904, and 1905. An association known as the Millbrook Percheron Horse Breeding Association was…