Brown v. Woodward Et Ux.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover money claimed to have been loaned to ■one of the defendants through the agency of his wife, the •other defendant, brought to the City Court of New Haven, .and tried to the jury before Bishop, J.; verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and appeal by one of the defendants, Charles E. Woodward, for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the •court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Upon the trial of this case to the jury, the -plaintiff claimed to have proved that the defendant Flora H. Woodward, acting as the agent of her husband, the defend.ant Charles E. Woodward, on the 3d of September, 1897, through the agency of a broker, one McIntosh, procured from him, the plaintiff, the sum of $475, by indorsing and delivering to him a non-negotiable promissory note for $500* payable to herself, and signed by her husband. The said Flora H. Woodward made no defense to the action. Defendant Charles E. Woodward claimed to have shown that he did not sign the note in question, and…
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