Bliss v. Houghton
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for money had and received. The plaintiff gave in evidence a note, dated January 19th, 1833, made by the defendant for $ 100, and payable to Peter Parker, or order, at Bradford, in two years from date, with interest annually, and by Parker indorsed to the plaintiff. The note was made and payable at Bradford, Yermont, and the plaintiff, defendant, and Parker, all resided in Vermont.
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Assumpsit, for money had and received. The plaintiff gave in evidence a note, dated January 19th, 1833, made by the defendant for $ 100, and payable to Peter Parker, or order, at Bradford, in two years from date, with interest annually, and by Parker indorsed to the plaintiff. The note was made and payable at Bradford, Yermont, and the plaintiff, defendant, and Parker, all resided in Vermont. The writ was dated February 20th, 1839. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and accompanied the plea with a brief statement, that the defendant, on the 19th of January, 1835, was the holder of a…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The note which forms the basis of this action being a contract entered into in the state of Vermont, and between citizens of that state, and being, by its terms, to be executed there; and the transactions relied upon in discharge thereof, and in defence of this action, as well as in support of it, having transpired within that state, the rights of the parties to this controversy in those particulars must be governed and determined by the laws in force in Vermont at the time when those transactions occurred. Harrison vs. Edwards, 12 Verm. R. 648; Peck vs. Mayo, 14 Ditto 33.
The defence set up…
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