Torry v. Holmes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit for money lent and advanced ; for money paid, laid out and expended; for money had and received, &c. The cause was tried, at New-Haven, August term, 1834, before Daggett, Ch. J. The plaintiff, during the year 1832, until the 12th of July, when he failed, and assigned his property for the benefit of his creditors, was transacting business in Neto- York, under the name of Wm.
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This was an action of assumpsit for money lent and advanced ; for money paid, laid out and expended; for money had and received, &c. The cause was tried, at New-Haven, August term, 1834, before Daggett, Ch. J. The plaintiff, during the year 1832, until the 12th of July, when he failed, and assigned his property for the benefit of his creditors, was transacting business in Neto- York, under the name of Wm. Torry Jr. &• Co., and in Birmingham, England, under the name of A. W. Gillett; a person of that name, now deceased, having been a former partner of the plaintiff in both establishments. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huntington, J.
Several exceptions are taken to the proceedings in the court below, on the trial of this cause, which are now to be examined. The defendants claim, that the judge at the circuit, omitted to charge the jury, on points made by them, and which were material ; and that the instructions which were given on other points, were erroneous.
1. The jury were informed, that for all the advances made *507to Holmes, for the use of the defendants, under the letter of credit given by the plaintiff, on the written request of James- & Caswell, the defendants…
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