Woolsey v. Hogan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on eight promissory notes made by the defendants and indorsed by the Washoe Tool Manufacturing Company, to which they were either indorsed or made payable.
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Contract on eight promissory notes made by the defendants and indorsed by the Washoe Tool Manufacturing Company, to which they were either indorsed or made payable. The first note, dated June 2,1874, was for $782.65, payable three months after date; the second, dated June 5, 1874, was for $847.50, payable three months after date; the third, dated May 6, 1874, was for $768, payable four months after date ; the fourth, dated May 8,1874, was for $957, payable four months after date; the fifth, dated June 11,1874, was for $698.50, payable three months after date; the sixth, dated June 13, 1874,…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
A composition under the U. S. St. of June 22, 1874, § 17, is declared to be “ binding on all the creditors whose names and addresses and the amounts of the debts due to whom rre shown in the statement of the debtor,” but not to “ affect or prejudice the rights of any other creditors.” The statute further provides that, “ where a debt arises on a bill of exchange or promissory note, if the debtor shall be ignorant of the holder of any such bill of exchange or promissory note, he shall be required to state the amount of such bill or note, the date on which *499it falls due, the name of the acceptor…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pratt v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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