Rich v. Hayes
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report on motion by defendant to offset judgments. Assumpsit on a promissory note for $3000 given to the plaintiff by the defendant’s intestate. At the March term, 1901, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Kennebec County, the plaintiff obtained a verdict for $3180. This verdict was set aside by the Law Court.
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On report on motion by defendant to offset judgments. Assumpsit on a promissory note for $3000 given to the plaintiff by the defendant’s intestate. At the March term, 1901, of the Supreme Judicial Court, Kennebec County, the plaintiff obtained a verdict for $3180. This verdict was set aside by the Law Court. The action was again tried at the March term, 1903, of said S. J. Court, and the verdict was for the plaintiff for $2581.75. This verdict was likewise set aside by the Iraw Court. The action was again tried at the October term, 1904, of said S. J. Court, and the plaintiff recovered a…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
The question involved in this case arises upon the motion of the defendant to set off against the judgment recovered by the plaintiff in this ca'se, two judgments recovered by the defendant against the plaintiff. The case comes to this court on report.
In October, 1904, the plaintiff obtained a verdict of $2093.25 against the defendant in his capacity as administrator de bonis non on the estate of Dingley Brothers. The action which terminated in this result was commenced April 9, 1900, on a note given by the plaintiff to Dingley Brothers in 1894 for $3000. A motion to set aside the verdict was…
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