Doubleday v. Kress
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment rendered against him, upon a verdict, at the circuit. The action was brought to recover the sum of $874.92, with interest from J une 1, 1868, being the amount alleged to be due on a certain note made by the defendant, and delivered to the plaintiff, which she could not produce, for the reason that the defendant had wrongfully possessed himself of and withheld it from the plaintiff.
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APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment rendered against him, upon a verdict, at the circuit. The action was brought to recover the sum of $874.92, with interest from J une 1, 1868, being the amount alleged to be due on a certain note made by the defendant, and delivered to the plaintiff, which she could not produce, for the reason that the defendant had wrongfully possessed himself of and withheld it from the plaintiff. The allegations in the complaint áre denied by the answer, except as expressly admitted. The defendant admits the making and delivery of the note set out; alleges payment by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Talcott, J.
The plaintiff held a note, made by the defendant and payable to the order of the plaintiff, for $800 with interest, payable on the 1st day of April, 1867,- at the office of L. J. Wilkin, in Dundee. When the note fell due the plaintiff gave it to her son-in-law, Murray, at whose house she was stopping, to present for payment. Murray accordingly presented the note to the defendant for payment, at Wilkin’s office, on the 1st day of April, 1867, and the defendant then and there paid the note in full, in cash, and the same was delivered up to him and canceled. At the time…
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