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WATERS v. MANUFACTURERS TRUST CO.

No. 9726.

143 F.2d 383 (1944)

WATERS et al. v. MANUFACTURERS TRUST CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 5, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip W. Buchen, of Grand Rapids, Mich. (Morton Keeney, Philip W. Buchen, and Butterfield, Keeney & Amberg, all of Grand Rapids, Mich., on the brief), for appellants.

George B. Balamut, of New York City (Fred N. Searl and Searl, Messinger & White, all of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Leonard G. Bisco and George B. Balamut, both of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before HICKS, SIMONS, and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The controversy here presented lies in the field of conflict of laws, and decision rests upon a determination whether the law of Michigan or the law of New York governs the liability of a trust created by the creditors and legatees of a deceased obligor on a joint promissory note after a settlement by the payee with the other joint maker and release of the latter from further liability. This suit was by the payee for a declaratory judgment to...

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