Ward v. Joslin
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. September 12, 1888, S. S. Hite and Mary L. Hite executed and delivered to one J. E. Ethell théir promissory notes in writing of that 'date, whereby for value received they promised to pay to the order of Ethell on September. 12, 1892, the principal sum named in each, with intérest thereon at the rate of seven per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, according to the tenor of eight interest coupons bearing…
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. September 12, 1888, S. S. Hite and Mary L. Hite executed and delivered to one J. E. Ethell théir promissory notes in writing of that 'date, whereby for value received they promised to pay to the order of Ethell on September. 12, 1892, the principal sum named in each, with intérest thereon at the rate of seven per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, according to the tenor of eight interest coupons bearing interest and attached to each of the notes; and afterwards.and before "the . maturity of the'motes, Ethell endorsed,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
When a case is tried by the court without a jury, its findings on questions of fact are conclusive, although open to the contention that there was no evidence on which they could be based. The question remains whether or not the facts found are sufficient to support the judgment, and rulings to which exceptions are duly preserved may be reviewed.
Plaintiff excepted to the refusal of the court to rule that upon all the evidence plaintiff was entitled to recover as matter of law, and also to the refusal to make other rulings requested, and to the rulings made. The correctness of these rulings…
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