Brown v. Bicknell
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court for Rode County. Brown brought an action of assumpsit against Bicknell, upon the following promissory notes and drafts drawn in Providence, Rhode Island, viz. : One note dated 15th February, 1833, due at six months; One dated 21st March, 1833, dne at four months; One dated 18th May, 1833, due at four months; One dated 21st May, 1833, due at sixty days; One dated 22d June, 1833, due at sixty days; A draft accepted by defendant, dated 22d April,…
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ERROR to the District Court for Rode County. Brown brought an action of assumpsit against Bicknell, upon the following promissory notes and drafts drawn in Providence, Rhode Island, viz. : One note dated 15th February, 1833, due at six months; One dated 21st March, 1833, dne at four months; One dated 18th May, 1833, due at four months; One dated 21st May, 1833, due at sixty days; One dated 22d June, 1833, due at sixty days; A draft accepted by defendant, dated 22d April, 1833, payable sixty days after date ; A draft drawn by defendant, dated 7th June, 1833, payable on presentation. The action…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The plaintiff in error brought suit against the defendant in error on certain promissory notes, in the district court for the county of Rock, dated at Providence,- Rhode Island, on the 15th day of February, 1833, and to become due in six months thereafter; and it was made to appear by the pleadings and sustained by the evidence, that the defendant came into the Territory about four years before the time when the suit was brought. It was claimed on the part of the plaintiff, that, under the 24th section of the act concerning the time of commencing actions, which provides, that “if at the time…
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