Hart v. Dorman
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Duval Circuit Court. The plaintiff, Dorman, brought an action of assumpsit to the Spring Term, 1848, of the Circuit Court for the County of Duval, against Hart, the defendant below. The suit was founded on a promissory note, on which partial payments had been made, and the interest was calculated according to the rule laid down in the opinion of the court, and the payments applied according to that rule.
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Appeal from Duval Circuit Court. The plaintiff, Dorman, brought an action of assumpsit to the Spring Term, 1848, of the Circuit Court for the County of Duval, against Hart, the defendant below. The suit was founded on a promissory note, on which partial payments had been made, and the interest was calculated according to the rule laid down in the opinion of the court, and the payments applied according to that rule. At the Fall Term, 1848, of said court, Judge Hawkins presiding, plaintiff moved the court for a judgment by default in this cause ; and it was ordered that said motion be granted,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Douglas
delivered the following opinion :
This suit is founded upon a promissory note, upon which several payments were made after it fell due, leaving, however, a balance unpaid, for which a judgment was rendered against the defendant— from which he appealed to this Court.
No errors have been assigned, and the only one alleged by the counsel for the appellant in the argument of the case, was as to the calculation of interest, and the application of the partial payments. How that was done is not stated in the record ; but we understand, from the course of the argument, that the payments were applied in…
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