Geer v. Putnam
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was a writ of error, brought to reverse a j'udgment of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, rendered at the term of said court holden in this county in June, 1812, in an action wherein the said Putnam was plaintiff, and the said Geer defendant. The original action was assumpsit upon a promissory note, dated March 7, 1812, by the defendant, for 85 dollars, payable to the plaintiff or his order on demand.
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This was a writ of error, brought to reverse a j'udgment of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, rendered at the term of said court holden in this county in June, 1812, in an action wherein the said Putnam was plaintiff, and the said Geer defendant. The original action was assumpsit upon a promissory note, dated March 7, 1812, by the defendant, for 85 dollars, payable to the plaintiff or his order on demand. The defendant in the court below pleaded in bar, that the note declared on was made on the Lord’s day; to which plea there was a general demurrer, which was joined. The plea was adjudged…
1Per curiam
The judgment of the Common Pleas is affirmed, (a)
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