Legal Opinion

Wetmore's Admr. v. Karrick

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided October 4, 1921PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action op Contract on a promissory note. Plea, the statute of limitations. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1920, Chittenden County, Butler, J., presiding. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the Court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the ease.

1Opinion of the CourtWatson, C. J.

The promissory note, on which this action is based, is dated at Boston, Massachusetts, February 11, 1892, and payable three months after date 'to Charles H. Wetmore, at the office of the maker, James L. Karrick (the defendant), in Boston. At the time the note was given, also at the time when the cause of action accrued, both parties resided in that state. While they so resided, and before the statute of limitations had run, suit was there brought on the note and judgment obtained *319therein against the defendant, bnt this judgment was finally held, by the Federal Supreme Court — reported in 205…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wetmore v. KarrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Graves v. WeeksSupreme Court of Vermont · 1847
  3. Trask v. KarrickSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
  4. Cartier v. PageSupreme Court of Vermont · 1836
  5. Troll v. HanauerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1884

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Miller v. Stauffer Chemical Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Coral Gables, Inc. v. ChristopherSupreme Court of Vermont · 1937
  3. Barrett v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1962

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