Chaddock v. Vanness
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court. Vanness sued Chaddoek on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “$2091.98. ' Jersey City, April 16th, 1869. “Three months after date, I promise to pay to the order of Jacob S. Vanness two thousand and ninety-one and ninety-eight hundredths dollars, without- defalcation or discount, for value received, payable at Hudson County Bank. “A. A. Woodward.” Endorsed — W. H. Chaddoek, Jacob S. Vanness.
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On error to the Supreme Court. Vanness sued Chaddoek on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “$2091.98. ' Jersey City, April 16th, 1869. “Three months after date, I promise to pay to the order of Jacob S. Vanness two thousand and ninety-one and ninety-eight hundredths dollars, without- defalcation or discount, for value received, payable at Hudson County Bank. “A. A. Woodward.” Endorsed — W. H. Chaddoek, Jacob S. Vanness. Vanness, the payee of the note, sought to hold Chaddoek liable on it, either as a guarantor, maker, or first endorser. The declaration contained counts…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
The bills of exception taken at the trial raise two questions : First. Whether parol evidence was properly received to show the circumstances under which the note was given, and the defendant became a party to it. And, Second. Whether the facts proved by the plaintiff were sufficient in law to justify a judgment in his favor.
The facts proved were, that the note was made by Woodward for a precedent debt due from him to the plaintiff; that Chaddock, Woodward, and the plaintiff refused to take Woodward’s note, unless he had security on it.…
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