Shed v. Brett
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit on a promissory note made by W. and C. Brett to the defendant, and by him indorsed to the plaintiff, dated the 14th of February, 1822, payable in four months with grace. • At the trial, before Parker C. J., Stephen Codman, a notary public, testified, that at the request of the plaintiff he went with the note, on the last day of grace, to the place of business of the promisors, and demanded payment of one of them ; that on the same day he put a written notice into…
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Assumpsit on a promissory note made by W. and C. Brett to the defendant, and by him indorsed to the plaintiff, dated the 14th of February, 1822, payable in four months with grace. • At the trial, before Parker C. J., Stephen Codman, a notary public, testified, that at the request of the plaintiff he went with the note, on the last day of grace, to the place of business of the promisors, and demanded payment of one of them ; that on the same day he put a written notice into the post-office, directed to the defendant at North Bridgewater, the place of his residence, informing him of the…
1Opinion of the Court
At the following November term the opinion of the Court was delivered by
Parker C. J.
Several questions have been raised by the counsel for the defendant in this case, which are important in their nature, and which the interest of a mercantile community require should be distinctly settled, if they may be considered now as at all doubtful. It would be strange, if, at this late period of knowledge in commercial law, any new principle should be wanted to regulate the daily concerns of merchants with negotiable securities ; if there be any ambiguity remaining, it can only be in regard to the…
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