Leffler Co. v. Dickerson

Leffier Co. brought suit against Dickerson upon, a. promissory note made by him, dated March 25, 1904, promising to pay Leffier Co. “on or before the 1st day of November,” without specifying a year, a certain sum of money, for the purchase-price of certain fertilizers, stated in' the note to have been received .and to be used on the lands cultivated by the maker for the year named. At the trial the defendant proved to dismiss the plaintiff’s action upon the ground “that the note'sued upon did not state upon the first of what November the same became due;” which motion was sustained by the…