Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Sonk
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 3, 1918No. Docket No. 60PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error to Wayne; Van Zile, J. Assumpsit in justice’s court by Arnold B. Cooper, doing business as A. & W. Cooper, against Michael Sonk and others on a promissory note. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for plaintiff on a directed verdict. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This action was brought in the justice’s court for the city of Detroit to recover from the defendants, as indorsers, the balance claimed to be due on a certain promissory note, of which the following is a copy:
“$600.00 Detroit, Michigan, February 1,1915.
“Six months after date we promise to pay to the order of A. and W. Cooper six hundred dollars at the Wayne County and Home Savings Bank, Detroit, Michigan, for value received, with interest at six per cent, per annum.
(Sgd.) “St. Michael’s Archangel Polish National Catholic Church.
“M. Sonk.
“Victor Gorniak.
“A. Citorski.”
On the back of the note…
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