Aiken v. Blaisdell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on three promissory notes, each signed by the defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, at the March term, 1867, Kellogg, J., presiding.
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Assumpsit on three promissory notes, each signed by the defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, at the March term, 1867, Kellogg, J., presiding. It appeared that on the 24th of May, 1864, the defendant, who was a grocer in trade at Rutland, Vt., went to Albany, N. Y., and there purchased of the firm of Crapo & Aiken, which then consisted of Chauncey B. Crapo and said Isaac W. Aiken, at the store occupied by said firm in Albany, a large quantity of intoxicating liquors, amounting in the whole to $571.65; and that he again went to Albany on the 29th of August, 1864, and purchased of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PiERPOiNT, C. J.
The first question I will consider arises upon the fourth request, which was, “ That if the jury should find that, at the time of the purchase of the said liquors by the defendant, the vendors had no United State revenue license, then the contract by which the said liquors were sold to the defendant was void, and the plaintiffs could not recover in this action.” The county court refused to charge according to this request. It may be well to remark that, from the case, it is apparent that there was no intentional violation of the laws of…
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