Hunting v. Downer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a promissory note for fifteen hundred dollars, purporting to be signed by the defendant, made payable to his own order, and indorsed by him to the plaintiff. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
It was alleged by the plaintiff, that the consid-
eration of the note in suit was a loan of money made by him to the defendant. The defendant by his answer denied each and every allegation in the plaintiff’s declaration, and also the signature of the note, adding as a further answer: “ If the plaintiff proves the execution of said note, then the defendant says there was no consideration for said note moving from the plaintiff to the defendant, the said note having been received by the plaintiff in part payment of certain stock delivered by him to the defendant, which stock was worthless, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Phipps v. MahonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Curry v. PorterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Starratt v. MullenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Dean v. CarruthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Bryant v. PemberSupreme Court of Vermont · 1873
3Cited by14 opinions
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- Plumer v. Houghton & Dutton Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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