Jefferson v. Hewitt
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPaterson, J.
On July 14, 1888, the defendants executed and delivered to the Santa Ana Fair View and Pacific Railroad Company their non-negotiable note for the sum of five thousand dollars, payable four months after date, which was assigned to the Fair View Development Company, and by the last-named company assigned to these appellants.
The court found that the note was given for fifty shares of the capital stock of the company first above named, but that it was made and delivered “ upon the sole consideration and inducement of the promise and assurance of said company that it would complete its railroad…
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