Legal Opinion
Payson v. Cohen
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 9, 1962PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, C. J.
On appeal. In this jury-waived action the plaintiff-payee recovered against the defendant- maker the principal amount with interest of the following promissory note:
“$5500.00 May 1, 1955
On Demand I promise to pay to the order of L. Norton Payson Fifty Five Hundred and no/100 Dollars at 4 y% percent Interest per Annum
Value received
No__Due On Demand
s/ Herman Cohen_
Herman Cohen Kennebunk, Maine”
The court found that the note was executed and delivered on Sunday, May 1, 1955, and that the consideration therefor consisted of antecedent debts evidenced by four checks totalling $5000 and a…
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- M. N. Landau Stores, Inc. v. DaigleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1961
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