Spofford v. Norton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on a promissory note for 1100, dated August 11, 1877, signed by the defendant, payable to the order of Jesse Wadleigh, and by him indorsed.
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Contract on a promissory note for 1100, dated August 11, 1877, signed by the defendant, payable to the order of Jesse Wadleigh, and by him indorsed. Trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., who, after verdict for the plaintiff, reported the case for the consideration of this court in substance as follows: There was evidence on the part of the defendant that he gave the note in suit in payment of a horse purchased by him in June 1877, of Wadleigh, who was foreman of the stable of S. A. Tuttle, the owner of the horse; that the horse was delivered to and disposed of by the defendant;…
1Opinion of the CourtSoule, J.
It is no ground of defence that the plaintiff has no beneficial interest in the note sued on, and will be bound to account to the real owner for the proceeds of any judgment recovered on it. Little v. Obrien, 9 Mass. 423. Brigham v. Marean, 7 Pick. 40. Fairfield v. Adams, 16 Pick. 381. Beckman v. Wilson, 9 Met. 434. Wheeler v. Johnson, 97 Mass. 39. National Pemberton Bank v. Porter, 125 Mass. 333.
*535The plaintiff sues at the request and for the benefit of Lewis, who purchased the note before maturity and without notice of any of the facts which the defendant contends show that it was…
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