True v. Dillon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against the alleged maker of a promissory note, payable to bearer. Writ dated October 4, 1882, returnable to the Police Court of Lynn on the second Saturday of October, 1882, and entered in the Superior Court by appeal at the December term, 1882. On October 26, 1882, the defendant filed in said police court the following answer: “ And now comes the defendant in the above entitled action and denies that the note declared on by the plaintiff was ever signed by her,…
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Contract against the alleged maker of a promissory note, payable to bearer. Writ dated October 4, 1882, returnable to the Police Court of Lynn on the second Saturday of October, 1882, and entered in the Superior Court by appeal at the December term, 1882. On October 26, 1882, the defendant filed in said police court the following answer: “ And now comes the defendant in the above entitled action and denies that the note declared on by the plaintiff was ever signed by her, and denies that the signature to said note was ever made by her, or at her request or with her knowledge, and requests…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
Rule 43 of the Superior Court requires that “ a written answer shall be filed in this court, in all appeal cases, within thirty days after the entry of the appeal, unless the court shall otherwise order.”
In the Superior Court, the defendant filed an answer denying each and every allegation in the plaintiff’s writ and declaration, and an additional answer denying all such allegations, denying also that the plaintiff was the bearer of the note, and further averring that, if any evidence should be offered tending to show that she signed said note, she would then show that said note was obtained…
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