Legal Opinion
Hazard v. Spencer
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 26, 1891PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Dependant’s petition for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
This is an action of assumpsit by the holder of a negotiable promissory note against the maker and indorser thereof. The note is as follows: —
$800. Providence, R. I., March 1, 1890.
Four months after date I promise to pay to the order of Orin S. Spencer, Three Hundred Dollars, at Bank. Value received.
No.-Due- (Sgd) Joel M. Spencer.
(Indorsed) Orín S. Spencer.
The case was tried to the court, in the Court of Common Pleas, jury trial having been waived, and judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the amount of the note, with interest.
The case is before us on the defendant’s petition…
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