Noyes v. Landon
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in ChaNOERY. Heard on a special master’s report, September Term, 1886, Taft, Chancellor. Decree that said Noyes held those notes (eleven in number) which had not matured at the time of the transfer to him of the same, in good faith and free from any equities existing between said Burton and said Edwin H. Landon; that as between said Burton and said Edwin II. there was a failure of consideration of said notes to the extent of the sum of $855.17, as of the date of the…
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Bill in ChaNOERY. Heard on a special master’s report, September Term, 1886, Taft, Chancellor. Decree that said Noyes held those notes (eleven in number) which had not matured at the time of the transfer to him of the same, in good faith and free from any equities existing between said Burton and said Edwin H. Landon; that as between said Burton and said Edwin II. there was a failure of consideration of said notes to the extent of the sum of $855.17, as of the date of the original notes; that as the latter named sum is larger than the amount of the note that was over due at the time the notes…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, Ch. J.
It appears from the report in this case, that previous to May, 1865, the defendant, E. H. Landoh, and one J. G-. Rockwell had been in partnership in the business of buying and selling farm produce, and that in the course of their business they had drawn on Demorest & Simonds for $5,055.17, and that the draft had been discounted by the old Bank of Burlington:; that Rockwell & Landon became financially em*572barrassed, and when said draft was about maturing they called on O. A. Burton, the payee of the notes hereinafter referred to, to assist…
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