Edeck v. Ramuer
New York Supreme Court
This was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note, dated the 10th day of February, 1802, for forty-four dollars, payable on the first day of June then next. On the trial of the cause, the note produced and proved to the jury was for the same sum and date as mentioned in the declaration, but' was stamped with a stamp offour cents.
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This was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note, dated the 10th day of February, 1802, for forty-four dollars, payable on the first day of June then next. On the trial of the cause, the note produced and proved to the jury was for the same sum and date as mentioned in the declaration, but' was stamped with a stamp offour cents. The counsel for the defendant objected to the reading of the note in evidence, because the act of congress required notes of that description to be written upon paper, stamped with a stamp of ten cents. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
By the act of congress of the 6th July, 1797, all notes above 20 dollars, and not exceeding 100 dollars, were charged with a duty of ten cents, unless payable within sixty days, and if written on paper unstamped, or stamped for a lower duty than ought to be paid, then such note could not be given in evidence, until the sum of 100 dollars was paid for the use of the United States, to the supervisor of the revenue, who was required to stamp thereon the proper stamp. By the act of congress of the 6th of April 1802, the act of the 6th July, 1797, and any other relating to stamped papers, &c. was…
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