Legal Opinion

First National Bank v. Bertoli

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided January 9, 1915PublishedCited by 9 opinions

General and. Special Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1914. Washington County, Slade, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the ease.

1Opinion of the CourtPowers, C. J.

The evidence in the trial now under review tended to establish facts much like those shown in First National Bank v. Bertoli, 87 Vt. 297. So far as here required, these may be briefly restated as follows:

*423The defendant’s husband owed a large debt at the plaintiff Bank; the defendant and one G-entili executed a $5,000 note, which Bertoli used to liquidate a part of this debt. This note was joint and several in form, and payable directly to the Bank; but in fact the defendant’s undertaking was one of suretyship for her husband. The $5,000 note was renewed from time to time, and finally taken up…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Van Dyke v. ColeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1908
  2. Coolidge v. TaylorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911
  3. First National Bank v. BertoliSupreme Court of Vermont · 1914
  4. Dietrich v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1901
  5. Manning v. LeightonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1893

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Powell v. MerrillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1918
  2. Brown v. Bristol Last Block Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1920
  3. State v. WarnerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
  4. Stoddard & Son v. Village of North TroySupreme Court of Vermont · 1930
  5. Wetmore & Morse Granite Co. v. RyleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1919

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