Ransom v. . Nichols
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. The trial was before a referee, who ordered judgment for the plaintiff, which having been affirmed at general term, in the fifth district, the defendant appealed to this court. The facts sufficiently appear in the following opinion. The cause was submitted on printed arguments.
1Opinion of the CourtBacon, J.
The undisputed facts of this case are as follows: Susan M. Nichols was the wife of one Lyman Nichols, and after her marriage, which was in 1855, she received from her mother $200 and over in cash. Of this amount, her husband loaned on her behalf $150 to the defendant in this suit, and took his promissory note, payable originally to her. At the expiration of a year the interest was paid, and a new note taken, running to the husband, and which the evidence clearly shows was in his possession at the time of the death of Mrs. Susan M. Nichols. In September, 1856, Mrs. Nichols died, having made no…
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