Parkinson v. McKim
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EEEOE to tlie District Court for Iowa County. Action of assumpsit, brought by McKim against ParTcison. The declaration contained the common counts, and a special count upon an indorsement of the following sealed note: “ On or before the first day of June next, I promise to pay D. M. Parkison, or order, the sum of two hundred dollars, for value received.
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EEEOE to tlie District Court for Iowa County. Action of assumpsit, brought by McKim against ParTcison. The declaration contained the common counts, and a special count upon an indorsement of the following sealed note: “ On or before the first day of June next, I promise to pay D. M. Parkison, or order, the sum of two hundred dollars, for value received. Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of February, 1840. (Signed) JOSEPH CALDWELL, [Seal]” “Pay the within to Eichard McKim, (Signed) D. M. PAEKISON.” Upon the trial of the cause, the plaintiff below offered the note and indorsement in…
1Opinion of the CourtMillee, J.
In the tenth section of the act entitled “an act supplemental to the act concerning testimony and depositions, approved February 19, 1841, it is provided that, in all actions or proceedings at law in civil cases, either party may give notice to the adverse party that he wishes to have said party sworn as a witness in such case; and if said adverse party shall not appear at the time of trial, or shall refuse to be sworn or to testify, or shall fail to take and produce his deposition as thereinafter provided, then the party giving such notice, if the notice shall be deemed by the court…
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