Cook v. Johnson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The first case was an action of contract, on three promissory notes, the first dated April 1,1886, for eight hundred dollars, and signed by the defendant and his wife, Annette J. Johnson; the second dated April 1,1889, for three hundred dollars, and the third dated April 13, 1889, for seventy dollars, the last two being signed by the defendant alone. All the notes were made payable to the order of the plaintiff.
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The first case was an action of contract, on three promissory notes, the first dated April 1,1886, for eight hundred dollars, and signed by the defendant and his wife, Annette J. Johnson; the second dated April 1,1889, for three hundred dollars, and the third dated April 13, 1889, for seventy dollars, the last two being signed by the defendant alone. All the notes were made payable to the order of the plaintiff. The second case was an action of contract on the first note above named. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Aldrich, J., the jury returned a verdict for the defendants, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMokton, J.
The defendants are husband and wife, and were jointly and severally liable to the plaintiff on a note for eight hundred dollars, dated April 1, 1886. The husband was also indebted to him for three hundred dollars for “ rent of farm,” and seventy dollars for “ hay, etc.” A note bearing date April 1, 1889, was given by the husband to the plaintiff for the rent. On the 13th of the same April, the defendants conveyed to the plaintiff certain real estate by absolute deeds, and at the same time the husband gave to the plaintiff a note for the “ hay, etc.,” and the plaintiff gave back to the wife a…
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