Rowell v. Estate of Lewis
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the judgment of commissioners on the estate of W. C. Lewis. The plaintiff declared specially on two promissory notes and in general assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue, payment, the statute of limitations and offset. Trial by jury, Washington County, September Term; 1897, Tyler, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff excepted.
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Appeal from the judgment of commissioners on the estate of W. C. Lewis. The plaintiff declared specially on two promissory notes and in general assumpsit. Pleas, the general issue, payment, the statute of limitations and offset. Trial by jury, Washington County, September Term; 1897, Tyler, J., presiding. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The plaintiff excepted. The verdict and judgment were for the amount of the note dated September 11, 1861, described in the opinion, less the amount of all the payments made on the entire indebtedness as therein stated.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover the amount due’ upon two promissory notes, one dated September 14, 1861, for twenty dollars, payable to the plaintiff or order, on demand with interest annually, and signed by the intestate, and the other dated August 26, 1867, for two hundred forty-eight and 25-100 dollars, payable to the plaintiff or bearer on demand, with interest annually, and signed by the intestate with the firm name of D. & W. C. Lewis, of which firm he was a member, and upon an account, of two items dated in 1861, upon a small piece of paper claimed by the plaintiff to contain the…
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