Catlin v. Jones
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Iowa County. Jones brought an action of assumpsit in the Iowa county district court, against John Catlin, John Milton, J. Chamberlin, Robert Bloomer, Edward Bloomer and Thomas Park, upon a negotiable promissory note, made by Catlin, and payable, to Milton, indorsed by Milton before due to Chamberlain and the Bloomers, as J. Chamberlin and Co., by them to Park, and by Park to the plaintiff.
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ERROR to the District Court for Iowa County. Jones brought an action of assumpsit in the Iowa county district court, against John Catlin, John Milton, J. Chamberlin, Robert Bloomer, Edward Bloomer and Thomas Park, upon a negotiable promissory note, made by Catlin, and payable, to Milton, indorsed by Milton before due to Chamberlain and the Bloomers, as J. Chamberlin and Co., by them to Park, and by Park to the plaintiff. The declaration contained two counts ; in one of which presentation, non-payment and notice were averred; and the money counts. The defendants, except Park, who was not…
1Opinion of the CourtMilleb, J.
This is a writ of error sued out by John Milton and John Catlin to reverse a judgment in the district court of Iowa county, on a negotiable promissory note, made by said Catlin to said Milton, and by him *132indorsed in blank before due. These defendants were sued with other persons who had also indorsed said note, and at the trial the plaintiff asked and obtained leave to discontinue as to them; which was allowed by the court. This is the first error assigned. Whether a joint action against all the defendants was legal or not, is not now to be determined, as that point was not raised. The…
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- Field v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
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- Barton v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1815
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