Jennings v. Pratt
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Hon. A. N. Cherry, Judge. Action to recover the amount of a promissory note which plaintiffs allege was executed by the defendants as an association known as the North Salt Lake Association, to one Lorenzo Pettit, and by him afterward, for a valuable cpnsideration, indorsed in due course of business, before maturity to the plaintiffs, who, it is alleged, are now the owners and holders thereof.
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Appeal from the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Hon. A. N. Cherry, Judge. Action to recover the amount of a promissory note which plaintiffs allege was executed by the defendants as an association known as the North Salt Lake Association, to one Lorenzo Pettit, and by him afterward, for a valuable cpnsideration, indorsed in due course of business, before maturity to the plaintiffs, who, it is alleged, are now the owners and holders thereof. From a judgment of non-suit plaintiffs appeal. If a person attends and participates in a meeting while a matter is under consideration, he is…
1Opinion of the CourtBaktch, C. J.
This action was brought to recover the amount of a promissory note which the plaintiffs allege was executed by the defendants as an association, known as the “North Salt Lake Association,” to one Lorenzo Pettit, and by him afterward, for a valuable consideration, indorsed, in due course of business, before maturity, to the plaintiffs, who, it is alleged, are now the owners and holders thereof. At the trial, after the plaintiffs rested, on motion of defendants, a judgment of non-suit was entered, and this appeal is from that judgment. The complaint stated a cause of action on the note in…
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- Bull v. CoeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
- Bank of British North America v. DelafieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Lowe v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1896
- Tyng v. . Commercial Warehouse Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Wasatch Mining Co. v. Crescent Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
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