Legal Opinion

Peterson v. Tillinghast

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 5, 1911No. 2,138PublishedCited by 25 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. Action by Philip Tillinghast, receiver, against A. W. Peterson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Per curiam

This action was brought by Tillinghast, as receiver of the First National Bank of Ironwood, Mich., to recover upon two promissory notes made by Peterson. All questions concerning one of the notes were eliminated in the court below, and the present: controversy relates only to the other. It is a demand note, dated October 1, 1908, payable to the order of the bank for $2,500, with 6 per cent, interest. At the close of all the evidence offered, a motion to direct a verdict for the full amount of the note with interest was granted; and the amount was subsequently reduced to the extent of a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. McMullen v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Brant v. Virginia Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Henshaw v. BissellSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  4. Hindman v. First Nat. Bank of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
  5. Rankin v. City Nat. Bank of Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1908

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Deitrick v. GreaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Laurent v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
  3. Skud v. TillinghastCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
  4. First Nat. Bank of Idaho v. ReinsIdaho Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Central Bank of Bingham v. StephensUtah Supreme Court · 1921

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