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Newman & Snell’s State Bank v. Hunter
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243 Mich. 331, 220 N.W. 665, 59 A.L.R. 311 (1928)Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
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The defendant is the widow of Lee C. Hunter, whose estate was insufficient to pay off his debts at the time of his death. At the time of his death, the plaintiff bank held Hunter’s note for $3,700 with 50 shares of capital stock of the Hunter Company as collateral. The company was insolvent yet still doing business, but its assets were not sufficient to pay off the debts. The defendant widow then gave the bank a note of her own in exchange for her husband’s. The bank then tried to collect on that note.
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