Holbrook v. Camp
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit ; tried in the Court of Common Picas in New Haven county, (Bronson, J.,~) and reserved for advice on a finding of facts by the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The debt which this suit is brought to recover is admitted by the defendant to be due. The question between the parties arises on a note held by the defendant, on which the plaintiff’s name appears as indorser, which note the defendant insists that the plaintiff is bound to pay. The defendant offers to set off so much of this note as may be necessary to pay his indebtedness to the plaintiff, and seeks to recover from him the remainder of said note.
From the facts found it appears that on the 9th of October, 1868, one Frederick L. Wheeler borrowed of Nelson H. Downs the. sum of $250, and gave…
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- Castle v. CandeeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
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