Sibley v. Robinson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Assumpsit by the plaintiff as the bearer and owner of a note, dated April 25, 1837, for $25,00, payable in two years and interest after due, given by the defendant to Charles Robinson, or bearer. The defendant introduced in evidence a paper signed by the plaintiff, of which a copy follows. “July 12, 1837. This day received of Charles Robinson five notes of hand against Joseph Robinson.
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Assumpsit by the plaintiff as the bearer and owner of a note, dated April 25, 1837, for $25,00, payable in two years and interest after due, given by the defendant to Charles Robinson, or bearer. The defendant introduced in evidence a paper signed by the plaintiff, of which a copy follows. “July 12, 1837. This day received of Charles Robinson five notes of hand against Joseph Robinson. These notes are dated April 25, 1837, and to be paid to Charles Robinson or bearer, one of $26,50, to be paid in a year from its date and interest, the other four notes are $25,00 each, without interest, and to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was by
Whitman C. J.
One Charles Robinson was owing the plaintiff several sums of money, and indorsed or delivered to him five several notes of hand, payable to the said Charles or bearer, against the defendant, and took from him a receipt specifying generally, that they were received as collateral security, and that one of them, particularly designated, and not the one in suit in this case, was to go towards a certain note, which the plaintiff held against the said Charles and one Glidden, *73which, it appears, has been since paid, and saying nothing as to what other…
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