Coolidge v. Wiggin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On facts agreed. Assumpsit upon a promissory note for $5000, dated August 31, 1866, made by Bradley, Coolidge & Rogers, payable in four months from date, at any bank in Portland, to. the order of Edwin R. Wiggin, indorsed by him, by Jane M. Bradley, and by Jefferson Coolidge & Company (the plaintiffs) in the Order named.
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On facts agreed. Assumpsit upon a promissory note for $5000, dated August 31, 1866, made by Bradley, Coolidge & Rogers, payable in four months from date, at any bank in Portland, to. the order of Edwin R. Wiggin, indorsed by him, by Jane M. Bradley, and by Jefferson Coolidge & Company (the plaintiffs) in the Order named. On the twenty third day of November, 1865, and prior thereto, Bradley, Coolidge & Rogers, were doing business in Portland and accustomed to obtain discounts at the Cumberland National Bank on their notes, indorsed for their accommodation by Mr. Wiggin and Mrs. Bradley. Upon…
1Opinion of the CourtVirgin, J.
On Aug. 1, 1865, the firm' of Bradley, Coolidge & Bogers made their note for $5000 on four months payable to the order of the defendant, at any bank in Portland. The note was indorsed by the defendant (Wiggin), JaneM. Bradley and Jefferson Coolidge & Co., (plaintiffs), in the order named, and then, at the request of the makers, it was discounted by the Cumberland National Bank: On the last day of grace the note was duly protested by a notary public, from whose certificate it appears that the indorsers were legally notified of its dishonor.
Erom the order of their names on the hack of the note,…
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