Bank of St. Albans v. Gilliland & Raymond
New York Supreme Court
This was an action of assumpsit, brought for the recovery of the amount of a promissory note from the defendants, *the payees [ *812 ] and first endorsers thereof, tried at the New-York circuit in March, 1839, before the Hon. Ogden Edwards, one of the circuit judges. The note bears date 5th April, 183T, at New-York, purports to have been made by J. & J. Raymond for the sum of $1343,63, and is payable to John L. Gilliland & Co. three months after date.
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This was an action of assumpsit, brought for the recovery of the amount of a promissory note from the defendants, *the payees [ *812 ] and first endorsers thereof, tried at the New-York circuit in March, 1839, before the Hon. Ogden Edwards, one of the circuit judges. The note bears date 5th April, 183T, at New-York, purports to have been made by J. & J. Raymond for the sum of $1343,63, and is payable to John L. Gilliland & Co. three months after date. It was endorsed in the name of the payees to the order of Messrs. Bullock, Lyman
1Opinion of the Court
Nelson, Ch. J.
By the Court, If an objection had been taken to the declarations of William Raymond, one of the defendants, as to his object in procuring the note, and the intended use of it, I think they should have been excluded, as the effect was to enable him to manufacture evidence to defeat an action against himself. This is fundamentally wrong. The fact that the note was procured, and passed away for his individual liabilities, should have been shown by other proof. The whole defence rested exclusively upon his own declarations. If this were sanctioned, the party might always qualify the…
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