Bates v. Enright
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Facts Agreed. Assumpsit on two promissory notes. The cause was submitted to the full Court upon the following agreed facts. The first note declared on is dated April 2, 1849, payable to Samuel A. Morse, treasurer of the county of Washington, or bis successor in office, or his order, signed by Hannah Enright, wife of the defendant, for the sum of fifty-three dollars, payable on demand with interest, and indorsed in blank by Samuel A. Morse, treasurer.
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On Facts Agreed. Assumpsit on two promissory notes. The cause was submitted to the full Court upon the following agreed facts. The first note declared on is dated April 2, 1849, payable to Samuel A. Morse, treasurer of the county of Washington, or bis successor in office, or his order, signed by Hannah Enright, wife of the defendant, for the sum of fifty-three dollars, payable on demand with interest, and indorsed in blank by Samuel A. Morse, treasurer. This note was given by the said Hannah Enright while iu prison; having been committed upon a mittimus issued by a magistrate upon the failure…
1Opinion of the CourtMay, J.
The facts in this case show that the wife óf the defendant was in prison for the non-payment of certain fines and costs, which had been imposed upon her by a magistrate, upon conviction for offences committed by her against the statute prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks. The notes in suit being required were given by her to procure her release from such imprisonment. It is contended by the counsel for the plaintiff that these notes, being authorized by the Revised Statutes, c. 175, § 1, are valid, and that the defendant, as husband of the maker, is liable therefor.
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