Camp v. Page
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action on a promissory note, dated March 10, 1868, payable to Martin & Perry, with interest annually, on demand, for $76.98. Plea the general issue. Trial by jury, and verdict for the defendant, December term, 1869, Peck, J., presiding. The plaintiff introduced the note, and proved the execution of it, and rested.
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This was an action on a promissory note, dated March 10, 1868, payable to Martin & Perry, with interest annually, on demand, for $76.98. Plea the general issue. Trial by jury, and verdict for the defendant, December term, 1869, Peck, J., presiding. The plaintiff introduced the note, and proved the execution of it, and rested. It appeared that the note came into the possession of the plaintiff from Martin & Perry, the payees, under such circumstances, and so long after its execution, that no question was made by the plaintiff’s counsel but that it was competent for the defendant to interpose…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
The evidence on the part of the defendant tended to show that Martin & Perry agreed with each other that Martin should make a bargain with the defendant to do blacksmith work for Martin, and take his pay therefor out of Martin & Perry’s store; and that Martin did make such a bargain with the defendant, and informed Perry of it at the time, and that the defendant did work for Martin, and from time to time took goods at said store under said agreement that the work he did for Martin should *745be in payment for said goods. If this was so, then of…
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