Sanger v. Stimpson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit on a promissory note, dated the 12th day of July, 1808, made by one William Prentiss, by which he promised the defendant to pay him or his order one hundred and fifty dollars, isl foreign money, in ninety days, for value received, and an endorsement by the defendant to the plaintiff. In the declaration there were two counts. In one, the plaintiff averred a demand on Prentiss, and notice to the defendant, the endorser.
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Assumpsit on a promissory note, dated the 12th day of July, 1808, made by one William Prentiss, by which he promised the defendant to pay him or his order one hundred and fifty dollars, isl foreign money, in ninety days, for value received, and an endorsement by the defendant to the plaintiff. In the declaration there were two counts. In one, the plaintiff averred a demand on Prentiss, and notice to the defendant, the endorser. In the second count, the plaintiff averred due diligence to demand payment of Prentiss, and notice to the endorser. At the trial on the general issue, before the Chief…
1Opinion of the Court
But the Court
held the declaration good, and that the objection to the notice to the defendant was not well taken; and they ordered judgment to be entered on the verdict.
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