Terrill v. Deavitt
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on a promissory note. Pleas, the general issue and the statute of limitations. Trial by court, Chittenden County, March Term* 1900, Taft, C. J., presiding. Upon the facts found by the court judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This action is brought to recover the amount of a promissory note given for one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-eight cents, dated May 18, 1883, payable to the plaintiff one day after date, signed by the defendant, and purporting to be witnessed. The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations of six years, also of fourteen years. In September, 1893, eleven dollars and seven cents were endorsed on the *189note, but whether there was a payment made on the note at that time by the defendant, and if there was, whether it was such a payment as removed the statute bar, are questions…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Richards v. MooreSupreme Court of Vermont · 1888
3Cited by1 opinion
- Arthur & Co. v. BurkeWashington Supreme Court · 1915