Judge v. Moore
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided at Marianna. Appeal from Santa Rosa Circuit Court- On the 26th Sept. 1855, Moore brought an action of assumpsit against Judge on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy, viz : Oil or before the first day of January next, I promise to pay John S. Moore, or hearer, three hundred dollars, value received. January 23, 1851. WM. JUDGE.
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This case was decided at Marianna. Appeal from Santa Rosa Circuit Court- On the 26th Sept. 1855, Moore brought an action of assumpsit against Judge on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy, viz : Oil or before the first day of January next, I promise to pay John S. Moore, or hearer, three hundred dollars, value received. January 23, 1851. WM. JUDGE. Defendant pleaded, first, failure of consideration, in this, that the said promissory note was given for the hire of two negroes, named Henry and Randall, for the year 1853, and that, by the act and conduct of the plaintiff, he, the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa county, on 26th Sept. 1855, on a promissory note, dated January 23, 1851, of which the following is a copy:
“ On or before the first day of January next, I promise to pay John S. Moore or bearer, three hundred dollars, value received.
[Signed.] WM. JUDGE.”
Defendant pleaded, first, that said note was given for the hire of two negro slaves, named Ilenry and Randall, for the year 1853, and that the consideration thereof had entirely failed by reason of the plaintiff having, deprived the defendant of the services of one of…
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