Winward v. Lincoln
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Assumpsit on promissory note. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This action, commenced November 7, 1898, is brought by the administrator with the will annexed of Frank W. Prescott, who in his lifetime was a stock-broker in'the city of Boston, doing business under the name of F. W. Prescott & Co., against Levi C. Lincoln and Charles H. Gorton, of Woonsocket, R. I., to recover the amount of a promissory note for $1,503.21, bearing date Woonsocket, R. I., December 30, 1895, made by the defendants payable to their order on demand at any bank in Boston, and indorsed in blank by them. The declaration also contains the common counts for money had and received,…
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