Beacon Trust Co. v. Robbins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon a promissory note for $1,000, dated August 7, 1896, payable in four months after date to the order of Cunningham, Banks, and Company, signed by the defendant, and indorsed to the plaintiff. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Hammond, J., who found for the plaintiff; and, at the request of both parties, reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
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Contract, upon a promissory note for $1,000, dated August 7, 1896, payable in four months after date to the order of Cunningham, Banks, and Company, signed by the defendant, and indorsed to the plaintiff. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Hammond, J., who found for the plaintiff; and, at the request of both parties, reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in November, 1898, and afterwards was submitted on briefs to all the justices except Field, C. J.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The plaintiff sues upon a promissory note, by. which the defendant, on August 7,1896, promised to pay in four months after date to the order of Cunningham, Banks, and Company the sum of $1,000. Before the giving of this note, the defendant had bought merchandise of the payee, but the accounts, between them had been previously closed, and he then owed the payee nothing. The payee, being short of money, asked the *263defendant for help, saying that, if he would give this note, the payee would take care of it, if when it should become due the defendant had not bought of the payee goods to the amount…
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