Moss v. Copelof
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on three promissory notes, signed by the defendants as makers and payable to the plaintiff, each for $40, dated respectively July 21, July 28 and August 4, 1917, and payable respectively on January 21, January 28 and February 4,1918. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated February 8, 1918. The defendants’ answer, besides other masters, alleged "that, if the plaintiff offers evidence tending to show that the defendants made the notes set forth in the…
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Contract on three promissory notes, signed by the defendants as makers and payable to the plaintiff, each for $40, dated respectively July 21, July 28 and August 4, 1917, and payable respectively on January 21, January 28 and February 4,1918. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated February 8, 1918. The defendants’ answer, besides other masters, alleged "that, if the plaintiff offers evidence tending to show that the defendants made the notes set forth in the plaintiff’s declaration, then the defendants say that said notes were made in pursuance of an illegal agreement and…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is an action on three notes each signed by the defendants. They admitted the execution of the notes and set up (inter alla) the defence of illegality. The presiding judge directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff and the case is here on an exception taken to that ruling.
The evidence was in substance as follows: The notes were made *516and delivered pursuant to a written agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants dated December 19,1916. The plaintiff and the defendants (there are two of them) were the directors of the M. & C. Skirt Company, a Massachusetts corporation,…
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