Pegg v. Bidleman
Decision Date | 11 January 1858 |
Citation | 5 Mich. 26 |
Court | Michigan Supreme Court |
Parties | Samuel Pegg and Charles Swindle v. Robert Bidleman |
Heard January 5, 1858
Case reserved from the Lenawee Circuit, and certified to this court as follows:
"The Circuit Court for the county of Lenawee: Samuel Pegg and Charles Swindle, plaintiffs in error, against Robert Bidleman, defendant in error.
Judgment affirmed.
W. L. Greenly, for plaintiffs in error.
T. M. Cooley, for defendant in error.
OPINIONChristiancy J.:
The statute under which the question in this cause arises is in the following words:
The plaintiffs in error (defendants below) contend that the statute did not, in this cause, "dispense with proof that the defendants composed the firm of S. Pegg & Co., and executed the note."
Without expressing any opinion touching the necessity of such further proof, in a case where the defendants do not appear, we think that where the defendants, as in this case, actually appear in court at the joining of the issue, and the plaintiff declares against them in their individual names, producing and filing the note or instrument declared upon, the defendants pleading the general issue without oath, are to be taken to admit, not only the execution of the note or...
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