Hyde v. . Goodnow
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the supreme court, where Hyde, as receiver of the Chenango County Mutual Insurance Company, brought an action against Goodnow, to recover the amount of two premium or deposit notes- The cause was heard before a referee, and on. the hearing the notes in question were given in evidence as follows: “ $100,00. For value received in Policy No. 4319, dated the eighth day of May, 1849, issued by the Chenango County Mutual Insurance Company, we promise to pay the said…
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Appeal from the supreme court, where Hyde, as receiver of the Chenango County Mutual Insurance Company, brought an action against Goodnow, to recover the amount of two premium or deposit notes- The cause was heard before a referee, and on. the hearing the notes in question were given in evidence as follows: “ $100,00. For value received in Policy No. 4319, dated the eighth day of May, 1849, issued by the Chenango County Mutual Insurance Company, we promise to pay the said company, or their treasurer for the time being, the sum of one hundred dollars, in such portions, and at such time or…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
It is a general rule of international law, that the rights of the parties to a contract, as distinguished from their .remedies, are to be determined by the law of the place where the contract is to be performed. If a contract be made in one state or country, arid it appears upon its face that it is to be performed in another, it will be presumed that the contract was entered into with reference to the laws of the latter, and those laws will be resorted to in ascertaining the validity, obligation and effect of the contract. This general rule, however, has its exceptions; one of which is, that…
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