Bent v. Patten
Supreme Court of Virginia
Paiten and May brought an action of debt in the Superior Court of law of Frederick county, against Bent, on a note executed by the latter to the former, for g 284, with interest till paid. The note was dated, June 21st 1796; at wnieh time the legal rate of interest was only 5 per cent.
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Paiten and May brought an action of debt in the Superior Court of law of Frederick county, against Bent, on a note executed by the latter to the former, for g 284, with interest till paid. The note was dated, June 21st 1796; at wnieh time the legal rate of interest was only 5 per cent. On the 7th day of October, 1819, the defendant (Bent) appeared and acknowledged the plaintiffs’ action against him, for the sum of g>284 with interest thereon from the 21st of June, 1796, until payment and the costs. The record proceeds to stale “ Tliercfore.it “ is considered by the court that the plaintiffs…
1Concurrence
Judges Cabell, Brooke and Roane,
concurred in the following opinion, which was delivered by judge Roane, as the opirtion of the court:
This is an action of debt on a note, brought in the Superior Court, by the appellees against the appellant. *35The declaration states that the note was made on the 21st of June, 17i>6, at Alexandria, within the county of Fr¡ d-crick, by which the appellant promised to pay on demand the sum of g 284. The note is copied into the record, and also has several credits endorssd on it. Issue was joined on the plea of nil debet. Afterwards, the defendant came, into court…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brooke v. Roane & Co.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1798