Brown v. City of Newburyport
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon a promissory note set out in full in the opinion. Writ dated June 14, 1909. In the Superior Court the case was submitted to Hichardson, J., upon an agreed statement of facts. The judge found for the defendant and judgment was entered accordingly. The plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This is an action upon a promissory note of the following tenor:
“$25,000. —
Newburyport, Mass., April 13th 1906.
Perforated §25,000 Stamp
For value received, the City of Newburyport, by its Treasurer, promises to pay J. V. Felker City Treas., or order, Twenty-five thousand Dollars, in six months without grace, at the First National Bank of Boston
Approved for Committee on Finance,
J. V. Felker, City Treasurer
No. 795 W. F. Houston Mayor
W. F. Houston Mayor
In City Council, City of Newburyport, Mass. January 1,1906. Ordered, that for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to, and for the use of the…
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