Wemet v. Missisquoi Lime Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, April term, 1878, Royce, J., presiding. The plaintiff claimed to recover $200 which he loaned to one B. B.. Bronson, an agent of the defendant, and for which said Bronson, a few days afterwards, executed his own note to the plaintiff’s wife, not negotiable. The other facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, April term, 1878, Royce, J., presiding. The plaintiff claimed to recover $200 which he loaned to one B. B.. Bronson, an agent of the defendant, and for which said Bronson, a few days afterwards, executed his own note to the plaintiff’s wife, not negotiable. The other facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. When the testimony was closed on the part of the plaintiff, the defendant claimed that the note merged the plaintiff’s cause of action against the defendant, and the court so held, proforma, and directed a verdict for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
Bronson was the agent of defendant for conducting the works of the company at Highgate. He borrowed $200 of the plaintiff, and gave his own note. The money was principally used by Bronson in purchasing shaved hoops, which he furnished for the company, and was paid for them. The court directed a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that the indebtedness for said loan became merged in the note, and that Bronson alone was liable upon the note.
It is well settled in this state, since the decision in Hutchinson v. Olcott, 4 Vt. 83, that a…
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