Herman v. Edson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for S.aline county. Tried below before Pound, J., sitting in that county. The opinion states the case. 1. It is urged for the defense that the note is founded upon an illegal consideration, for the reason that it was to aid in the erection of buildings. This cannot be so. Dillon Mun.
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Error to the district court for S.aline county. Tried below before Pound, J., sitting in that county. The opinion states the case. 1. It is urged for the defense that the note is founded upon an illegal consideration, for the reason that it was to aid in the erection of buildings. This cannot be so. Dillon Mun. Cor., Sec. 382, Note 1. State v. Collins, 6 Ohio, 126. Odineal v. Barrit, 24 Miss., 9. Bryan v.Dyer, 28 111., 188. Brimhall v. Van Ham-pen, 8 Minn., 13. State, ex. rel. Park, v. Supervisors, 24 Wis., 49. George v. Harris, 4 N. H., 533. Steel v. Johnson, 52 Ind., 197. Stetson v. Board…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Oh. J.
The plaintiff brought an action in the county court of Saline county upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy:
“$250. Four months afterdate for value received I promise to pay S. J. Herman the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) without interest.
“ J. B. Edson.
“Wilber, Neb., Sept. 8, 1877.”
Upon the trial of the cause judgment was rendered *155in favor of the defendant, which, on appeal to the district court, was affirmed. The plaintiff brings the cause into this court by petition in error.
In the district court the cause was tried to the court without the…
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