Eustis v. Bolles
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against Charles H. Bolles, George F. Wilde, and Francis D. Hall, on a promissory note dated January 1, 1880, payable to the plaintiff or order, and signed by “ B. Callender & Co.” Writ dated June 9,1887. The answer of the defendant Hall was: 1. A general denial. 2. A special denial that he ever made or signed the note, with a demand that the signature be proved at the trial. 8. That on January 1, 1880, he was not a member of the firm of B. Callender & Co. The answer…
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Contract against Charles H. Bolles, George F. Wilde, and Francis D. Hall, on a promissory note dated January 1, 1880, payable to the plaintiff or order, and signed by “ B. Callender & Co.” Writ dated June 9,1887. The answer of the defendant Hall was: 1. A general denial. 2. A special denial that he ever made or signed the note, with a demand that the signature be proved at the trial. 8. That on January 1, 1880, he was not a member of the firm of B. Callender & Co. The answer of the defendants Bolles and Wilde, as amended, was: 1. A general denial. 2. Certificates of discharge upon a…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
This is a suit upon a note dated January 1, 1880, signed by “ B. Callender & Co.” It was signed and delivered to the plaintiff by B. Callender, and at that time the only parties composing the firm were the said Cal-lender and the defendants Bolles and Wilde. The defendant Hall, who was formerly a partner, had withdrawn from the firm on July 2, 1877, and notice of the dissolution was given by publication in the Boston Daily Advertiser, but no personal notice was given to the plaintiff. The note in suit was given in renewal of a former note which the plaintiff held at the time of the…
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