Banchor v. Mansel
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Assumpsit on note of defendant, dated Boston, June 13, 1857, payable to his own order for $120, in one year, and by him indorsed. The case comes before this Court on the report of the evidence and the finding of the facts by Appleton, J., presiding at Nisi Prius. No exceptions were taken to the rulings.
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Assumpsit on note of defendant, dated Boston, June 13, 1857, payable to his own order for $120, in one year, and by him indorsed. The case comes before this Court on the report of the evidence and the finding of the facts by Appleton, J., presiding at Nisi Prius. No exceptions were taken to the rulings. The defendant testified that the note was given at Alton, in the county of Penobscot, and there delivered to Bryden, who was a clerk and agent of plaintiff; that the consideration for the note was the bill of liquors included in the plaintiff’s bill, and referred to in his two letters of…
1Opinion of the Court
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Appleton, J.
This case must be considered as before us on report from the presiding justice by whom it was heard, inasmuch as no exceptions were taken to any of his rulings in matters of law. So far as relates to the questions of law arising in the cause, it is immaterial in what form they may be presented.
It is a general principle of law that the validity of a contract is to be determined by the law of the place where it is entered into. But to this rule there are exceptions. No nation is bound to enforce contracts injurious to its interests, or in…
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