Hough v. Barton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indebitatus Assumpsit for money had and received. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, November Term, 1846, — -Kellogg, J., presiding.
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Indebitatus Assumpsit for money had and received. Plea, the general issue, and trial by jury, November Term, 1846, — -Kellogg, J., presiding. On trial the plaintiff gave evidence tending to prove, that in the autumn of the year 1837 the defendant executed and delivered to the plaintiff a promissory note for $150,00, payable in two years from date, and that the note was subsequently conveyed by the plaintiff to one Francis Kidder, and by Kidder to Robert Barker ; and it was conceded, that the note was, at the time of the commencement of this suit, the property of Barker, and that this suit was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Davis, J.
It was conceded, on trial, that Barker was the owner of the note given by the defendant to Hough, and that the suit was commenced and prosecuted by him, for his own benefit, though in the name of the payee. Although the language of the record is not perfectly explicit on this subject, it may reasonably be inferred, that, at the time of bringing the action, and before, the defendant was apprised of the transfer to Kidder, and afterwards by him to Barker. Under such circumstances, although a different rule prevails in England, yet in this state…
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