Goodfellow v. Farnham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the administrator of the estate of Ann Maria Sprague, the payee of two promissory notes for the amounts of $1,000 and $400, respectively, against the makers, the notea being, except for their amounts, of the following tenor: “On demand after date I promise to pay to the order of Ann Maria Sprague . . . Dollars with interest at 8 % per annum.
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Contract by the administrator of the estate of Ann Maria Sprague, the payee of two promissory notes for the amounts of $1,000 and $400, respectively, against the makers, the notea being, except for their amounts, of the following tenor: “On demand after date I promise to pay to the order of Ann Maria Sprague . . . Dollars with interest at 8 % per annum. In case of Mrs. Sprague’s decease, thé principal to be kept as a fund for the Baptist Society at Westminster, Mass., interest to go to Theodosia Miles Whitman; and in case of her decease, interest, to go to said Baptist Society.” Writ dated…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
It already has been decided that the declaration sets forth good causes of action, and that the promises to pay contained in the notes sued upon were absolute and unconditional. Goodfellow v. Farnham, 236 Mass. 453.
At the trial, the defendants admitted that the plaintiff’s intestate, Ann Maria Sprague, paid to them $1,400, and that the notes were signed and delivered to her by them on the same day and in consideration of that amount. The payee never made any demand for payment, and nothing has ever been paid upon the notes. The defendants also conceded that, if the plaintiff was entitled to a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Farmers National Bank of Annapolis v. VennerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Goodfellow v. FarnhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
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