Mair v. Bassett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, with counts in tort. The nature of the case appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
The controversy in this case was whether a loan of $4000, made by William Dillaway, the plaintiff’s testator, April 14, 1871, was in fact to the defendant, or to his brother Joseph R. Bassett. A note was given at the time, which had been lost; and the plaintiff endeavored to prove that the lost note was the note of the defendant. The negotiations for the loan were conducted by Joseph R. Bassett with Dillaway, and there was no evidence that the defendant was present or took part in the transaction.
1. To prove that the loan was made to the defendant, and the note given by him, the plaintiff…
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