Vinton v. Peck
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo Circuit. This suit was brought by Horace B. Peck as indorsee against Porter Vinton, as maker of a negotiable promissory note.
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Error to Kalamazoo Circuit. This suit was brought by Horace B. Peck as indorsee against Porter Vinton, as maker of a negotiable promissory note. It appears that the note was post dated; that it was in fact executed by Porter Vinton, and delivered to the payee, Z. H. Bullard, on the first day of June, 1862, which was Sunday, at which time it y^as dated June 2d, 1862. That it was without consideration between the maker and payee, being given for the accommodation of the payee, to enable him, by negotiating it to raise money thereon. That on Monday, June 2d, the day the note bears date, it was…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
Peck sued Vinton upon a promissory note, dated June 2d, 1862, and payable three months after date to the order of Z. H. Bullard, who endorsed it to Peck. Bullard testified that the note was made for his accommodation on Sunday, June 1st, and delivered to him, and that on Monday he endorsed it and put it into the hands of an agent, one Alley, to negotiate. Upon offering to read the note in evidence, it was objected to, because made on Sunday. The Court admitted it in evidence, and Vinton excepted.
We do not think the objection well founded. This note bore upon its face a legal date,…
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