Rice v. Mead
New York Supreme Court
This action was tried before a justice of the peace, without a jury, on the 2d day of November, 1860, and submitted to him for decision the same day. But he did not decide it until the 6th day of that month, which was the day, in 1860, on which the general election was held throughout the state for the election of presidential electors, representatives in congress, governor, members of the legislature, and other officers.
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This action was tried before a justice of the peace, without a jury, on the 2d day of November, 1860, and submitted to him for decision the same day. But he did not decide it until the 6th day of that month, which was the day, in 1860, on which the general election was held throughout the state for the election of presidential electors, representatives in congress, governor, members of the legislature, and other officers. On that day the justice rendered a judgment against the defendant, in favor of the plaintiff, for $33 damages, besides costs. The Madison county court reversed the judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Balcom, P. Justice.
The first charge in. the plaintiff’s account was under the date of April 26, 1840. The plaintiff testified that all the charges in it were fair and reasonable, and that his custom was to charge interest on his accounts after they had run one year. He was a physician, and had practiced as such in Cazenovia thirty years. The account was for services he had rendered, as a physician, for the defendant and his family. He testified that he understood it was the practice of physicians in Cazenovia, to charge interest after their accounts had run one year; and this evidence was not…
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