Fall River National Bank v. Slade
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against the indorser of two promissory notes, for $7,000 and $10,000 respectively. Writ dated August 12,1889. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Mason, C. J., who found for the plaintiff for $3,366.37, and reported the case for the determination of this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The following opinion was prepared by Mr. Justice Devens, and was adopted after his death as the opinion of the court by the Justices who sat with him at the argument.
In December, 1888, when William L. Slade failed, the plaintiff held four notes signed by Slade as maker, for the sums of $19,500, $10,000, $7,000, and $1,000 respectively, which were renewals of notes given originally for money loaned to him by the plaintiff. All these notes, except the one for $10,000, were indorsed by the defendant, waiving presentment, demand, and notice, and had long been overdue. The plaintiff…
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