Hunt v. Miles
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. The defendant was defaulted, and judgment rendered against him for damages, $210.78, and costs taxed at $18.42. The claimants were cited in by order of the court, at the request of the trustees. The case was tried in the city court, Burlington, September 8, 1869, Siiaw, city judge.
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General Assumpsit. The defendant was defaulted, and judgment rendered against him for damages, $210.78, and costs taxed at $18.42. The claimants were cited in by order of the court, at the request of the trustees. The case was tried in the city court, Burlington, September 8, 1869, Siiaw, city judge. The court found the following facts : “ The writ was served on Joseph G. Houghton, May 12, 1869; on James O. Houghton, May 14, 1869, and James O. Houghton, Jr., May 18, 1869 ; and afterwards, and seasonably, on the defendant by leaving a copy at his usual place of abode in Burlington. On the 23d…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court Avas delivered by
Barrett, J.
Taft, being an accommodation endorser for the defendant, who held the notes in question directly from the makers, and being in no other way connected with said notes, was not a party to the transfer by the defendant to Noyes. In the relation he sustained to the paper and the other parties, this court think that, when the defendant sold and transferred the paper to Noyes, notice of such sale and transfer given by Noyes to Taft stands upon the same reason, and must be held to have the same effect in exempting it in the hands of Noyes and his…
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