Shepard & Morse Lumber Co. v. Eldridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover the amount of two checks payable to the plaintiff and signed by the defendant. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Dunbar, J., who found for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in November, 1897, and after-wards was submitted on briefs to all the justices.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The plaintiff sues upon two checks drawn by the defendant upon his banker, one for $446.24, dated January 25,1895, the other for $561.97, dated July 20,1895. Both were written to the plaintiff’s order, and were mailed by the defendant to the plaintiff in payment of bills for goods bought by the defendant of the plaintiff. Each check was duly received by the plaintiff, and the bills for which the checks were sent in payment were duly receipted by the plaintiff, and returned to the defendant, one on January 26,1895, and the other on July *51824, 1895. The check for January 25, 1895, was presented at…
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