Brooke v. Gordon
Court of Appeals of Virginia
B. and S. Gordon, brought an action of debt in the County Court upon a promissory note, for 707 The declaration demanded the seventy pounds only, without any mention of interest, and concluded to the plaintiffs damage thirty dollars. The defendant took oyer of the note, which was in these words: 61 Messrs. Samuel and Bazil Gordon, Falmouth, Gentlemen, I will ninety days after date hereof pay to you or order seventy pounds for value received of Robert B. Foss.
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B. and S. Gordon, brought an action of debt in the County Court upon a promissory note, for 707 The declaration demanded the seventy pounds only, without any mention of interest, and concluded to the plaintiffs damage thirty dollars. The defendant took oyer of the note, which was in these words: 61 Messrs. Samuel and Bazil Gordon, Falmouth, Gentlemen, I will ninety days after date hereof pay to you or order seventy pounds for value received of Robert B. Foss. John T. Brooke, December 23d, 1795.” - The defendant pleaded payment: Which he waived at a subsequent Court; and, thereupon, the County…
1Opinion of the Court
PER CUR.
Affirm the Judgment of the District Court.*
[* See act of Jan. 29th 1805, c. 128, § 79, R, C. ed. 1819, and Wallace et al. v. Baker, 2 Munf. 334; Baird v. Peter, 4 Munf. 76.]
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baird v. PeterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1813