Nelson v. Flint
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. On June 3, 1892, the defendant in error commenced suit in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of Utah for the county of Weber upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy: “ $6700. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3, 1891..
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. On June 3, 1892, the defendant in error commenced suit in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of Utah for the county of Weber upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy: “ $6700. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3, 1891.. “ On or before the 23d day of April, 1892, without grace, for value received, we or either of us promise to pay to the order of Eichard Flint sixty-seven hundred dollars, negotiable and payable at Ogden, Utah, without defalcation or discount, with interest, at the rate of ten per…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
On the face of the papers the right of the plaintiff to recover is clear. The record does not contain the entire testimony offered on the trial. It cannot, therefore, be said, even if this court were at liberty to examine the testimony, that it was not amply sufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment.
It is alleged that the trial court erred in ruling out evidence of a conversation between Frank J. Cannon and A. H. Cannon in the absence of the plaintiff — a conversation which it was claimed induced A. H. Cannon to sign the note. The mere statement of the proposition carries its own answer.…
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