Vermeule v. Vermeule
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Exceptions by defendant. Assumpsit upon a promissory note. At the close of the testimony the presiding justice ruled that no defense had been made and directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff for $2946.67, the amount agreed to be due, if anything.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is a suit upon the defendant’s promissory note made in the state of New York, January 24, 1897, for the sum of $2500, with interest at six per cent per annum. It was not in controversy that the note was given in • renewal of several other notes previously given for money lent at different times; and evidence was introduced, in behalf of the defendant, tending to show that the earliest one of these prior notes, which formed the consideration of the note in suit, contained a clause which gave the plaintiff the option to take certain stock in a New Jersey corporation, in addition to six per…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Martin v. HallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
- Miller v. HullNew York Supreme Court · 1847
- Kilbourn v. BradleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1809
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