Rice v. Rice
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Rachel G. Rice, from a judgment .of the Supreme Court in favor of the' plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Suffolk on the 13th day of October, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 6th day of October, 1898, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying, the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This action was brought upon an instrument in writing, of which ■ the following is a copy :
“ For value received, I promise to pay Oliver James Rice, or order, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars when he is twenty-one years of age, with interest from date.
“RACHEL G. RICE.
“ Mount Morris, January lszi, 1890.
“ Witness: John Milliman.”
*459The complaint alleged the execution of the instrument by the defendant on or about the day of its date, and its delivery by her to one William B. Hedges for and in behalf of the plaintiff. It further alleged that “ the said note, according to its…
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