Brown & Bros. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by the plaintiffs, a corporation, upon a note executed by Philo Brown, since deceased, of whom the defendants were executors; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the court before Torrance, J. The plaintiffs havingpresented their evidence, the defendants moved for a nonsuit, which was granted by the court; and the court having denied a motion that the nonsuit be set aside, the plaintiffs appealed to this court.
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Action by the plaintiffs, a corporation, upon a note executed by Philo Brown, since deceased, of whom the defendants were executors; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried to the court before Torrance, J. The plaintiffs havingpresented their evidence, the defendants moved for a nonsuit, which was granted by the court; and the court having denied a motion that the nonsuit be set aside, the plaintiffs appealed to this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
This case comes before us on an appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court in denying a motion to set aside a nonsuit. .From the testimony produced by the plaintiff on the trial, and which is spread upon the record, it appears that Philo Brown, of whose will the defendants are executors, ou the first day of July, 1878, made his note for the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, payable on demand to Brown & Brothers, the plaintiff corporation, with interest, and left it with William H. Brown, now one of his executors, who was then the president of the corporation. No…
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