Watson v. Blossom
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Orleans county. T. D. Watson sued J. Blossom as maker, and L. Collamer as indorser, of a promissory note for $510, payable to J. M. Orcutt, or bearer. The note was given for 34 bushels of Bohemian oats, at the price of $15 per bushel, and a written instrument, of which the following is a copy: “Ho—. Capital Stock, $100,000. Home Office, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Appeal from circuit court, Orleans county. T. D. Watson sued J. Blossom as maker, and L. Collamer as indorser, of a promissory note for $510, payable to J. M. Orcutt, or bearer. The note was given for 34 bushels of Bohemian oats, at the price of $15 per bushel, and a written instrument, of which the following is a copy: “Ho—. Capital Stock, $100,000. Home Office, Ypsilanti, Mich. A Bond from the Bohemian Oat & Cereal Company, Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Michigan, December 21, 1884. “Know all men by these presents that the Bohemian Oat & Cereal Company do hereby agree to sell…
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The note and bond having been made at the same time, and pursuant to the same agreement, they must, as between the parties to them, be construed together, and treated as parts of the contract, to the effect (in view of the extrinsic attending facts) that the defendant agreed to and did purchase of the Bohemian Oat & Cereal Company 34 bushels of Bohemian oats at $15 per bushel, making $510, secured by his note, payable in 13 months; and the company agreed, and by its bond undertook, to sell for him, within one year, 68 bushels of like oats at $15 per bushel, and render to him the proceeds of…
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