Legal Opinion
Potts v. Baldwin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1901PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Potts, from á judgment of the. Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Fred N. Dounce, as executor, etc., of Ophelia C. Dounce, deceased, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Chemung on the 20th day of June, 1901, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs, on opinion of referee in court below.
The following is the opinion of Henry M. Clarke, referee.
Henry M. Clarke, Referee:
This is an action to recover upon a joint promissory note which is as follows:
“ $1,000.00. Elmira, N. Y., May 21, 1892.
“ Two years after date, we promise to pay to the order of Mary Potts, One Thousand Dollars with interest, value received. Interest payable semi-annually.
“ FRANCIS E. BALDWIN,
“MYRA S. DAGGETT,
“JULIA E. SMITH,
“OPHELIA C. DOUNCE.”
There is no disputed question of fact in this case. The plaintiff loaned to the makers of…
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