Payne v. Slate
New York Supreme Court
A PPEAL by the defendants from a judgment entered Upon -TIl a verdict at the circuit, and from an order denying a mo* tian to set aside the verdict and for a Hew trial.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Brown, J.
On the 9th of May, 1848, the plaintiff loaned or left with the firm of Slate, Gardner & Howell, the sum of $1000, and took from them a receipt of which the followiüg is a copy :
“ $1000. New York, 9th May, 1848.
Received from Captain William H. Payne one thousand dollars, which is to his credit on our books at six per cent interest. Slate, Gardner & Howell.”
The firm at that time was composed of the defendants and one Silas S. Howell, since deceased. In April, 1850, the firm was dissolved and a new copartnership formed, composed *635of Slate & Gardner and one James H. Lyles,…
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