Legal Opinion
Phinney v. Baldwin
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1854PublishedCited by 24 opinions
This cause was heard and decided by O. 0. Skinner, Judge, at June term, 1853, of Hancock Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
Phinney brought an action of assumpsit against Baldwin, and declared upon the following note:
“ Brighton, California, Oct. 3d, 1850.
$200. Thirty days after date, I promise to pay to the order of Harvey Phinney two hundred dollars, for value received, with interest from date at five per cent, per month. E. D. BALDWIN."
The pleas were non-assumpsit and payment. On the trial, the plaintiff introduced the note described in the declaration, and proved that the legal rate of interest in California, in the absence of any agreement of the parties, was ten per cent, per annum; but that it was lawful for…
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