Forsyth v. Day
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions from Nisi Prius; — also, on Motion to set aside the verdict as being against law and the evidence. This case having been sent to a new trial, [see Forsyth v. Day, 41 Maine, 382,] was again tried at May Term, 1858, Rice, J., presiding.
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On Exceptions from Nisi Prius; — also, on Motion to set aside the verdict as being against law and the evidence. This case having been sent to a new trial, [see Forsyth v. Day, 41 Maine, 382,] was again tried at May Term, 1858, Rice, J., presiding. The action is assumpsit, on a promissory note of which the following is a copy:— “§270. “Damariscotta, October 16, 1854. “ Four months after date, I promise to pay to the order of George Forsyth two hundred and seventy dollars, value received, at either bank in Boston. (Signed) “Adoniram J. Day.” The name of Daniel Day is signed in blank on the…
1Opinion of the Court
*191The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
May, J.
This case, being the same which was once before presented to this Court, as appears in the Maine Reports, vol. 41, p. 882, comes before us again upon exceptions taken to the rulings of the presiding Judge at the last trial; and also upon a motion to set aside the verdict as against the weight of evidence. It is apparent, from the whole evidence as now presented, that Daniel Day, the only excepting defendant, if he can be held liable upon the note in suit, must be so held either upon the ground that he authorized his signature to be placed upon it…
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