Welch v. Wadsworth
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit by the plaintiffs, as trustees in insolvency of the Hartford County Savings Association, against the defendant, as one of the makers of the following note.
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Assumpsit by the plaintiffs, as trustees in insolvency of the Hartford County Savings Association, against the defendant, as one of the makers of the following note. “ $10,000, Hartford, April 20th, 1852. On demand, after the first day of May, 1852, we, Tertius Wadsworth as principal, and E. S. Wadsworth as surety, jointly and severally promise to pay, to the order of the Hartford County Savings Association, ten thousand dollars, with interest after May 1st, 1852, at the rate of eight per cent., payable semi-annually, for value received. (Signed) - Tertius ,. Wadsworth, E. S. Wadsworth.” Upon…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
It' is apparent that if the contract on which this action was instituted is within the purview of the act of 1860, and the general assembly had power to pass that act, our decision must be controlled by it, and a consideration and determination of the other questions made in the case will be unnecessary.
The act was unquestionably retrospective. The only purpose expressed in or contemplated by it, was to validate certain existing contracts between the plaintiffs’ corporation and *154its debtors. That purpose, and the contracts intended, are stated in the most explicit terms, and the act must…
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