Wentworth v. Blaisdell
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit brought by the indorsee of a promissory note given by the defendant to one Joseph Mudgett, or order, dated June 18, 1843, for §87.50, payable in one year and interest.
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Assumpsit brought by the indorsee of a promissory note given by the defendant to one Joseph Mudgett, or order, dated June 18, 1843, for §87.50, payable in one year and interest. The note was indorsed to the plaintiff before it became due, and the defendant was duly notified by the plaintiff.' On the day of the date of the note, one John Pease, Jr., was under arrest upon a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, upon a complaint made by one Buzzell against Pease for passing to Buzzell counterfeit money. Mudgett acted as agent of Buzzell, caused tbe complaint to be made, and procured the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
This is an action brought by the indorsee of a promissory note, made by the defendant to Mudgett, and by Mudgett indorsed to the plaintiff for value, before it was due, and without any notice on his part that it had been given for any illegal consideration or purpose.
The defence is, that the note was given in considera*278tion of an agreement to suppress a prosecution which had been instituted against one Pease, for an alleged crime, and that the note is therefore void, even in the hands of ' an indorsee who has taken it under the circumstances that have been described.
That a note given for such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Hinds v. ChamberlinSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1833