McCutchen v. Town of Freedom
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was commenced in the district court for Pice county, to recover the amount of certain pieces of scrip issued by the town of Freedom to pay bounty to soldiers volunteering from said town to serve in the army of the United States, with accrued interest thereon. The defendant demurred to the complaint.
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This action was commenced in the district court for Pice county, to recover the amount of certain pieces of scrip issued by the town of Freedom to pay bounty to soldiers volunteering from said town to serve in the army of the United States, with accrued interest thereon. The defendant demurred to the complaint. The demurrer was overruled by the court and judgment ordered for the plaintiff for the principal sums mentioned in said pieces of scrip, with interest thereon until maturity at the rate of twelve per cent, per annum (the rato of interest named in the scrip) arid after maturity at the…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
By the Court This action is brought upon forty-two pieces of scrip, or evidences of indebtedness, of which the following is a sample. •
“Letter B, No. 5, State of Minnesota, County of Waseca, Town of Freedom; Freedom Town Bond. Bounty to Yolunteers. The town of Freedom will pay to Melvin J. Whipple, a volunteer irom said town, or bearer, the sum of one hundred (100) dollars, with interest at the rate of twelve per cent, annually, payable two years from date, for and in consideration of services by him rendered in the army of the United States, as a volunteer from said township. Bated this 10th…
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