Livingston v. Roberts'
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval county. This case was tried before Mr. T. A. McDonell as a Referee. The other facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action upon a promissory note made by John Roberts, December 29, 1876, payable to Mrs. E. Q-. Magruder or order for two hundred and fifty dollars sixty days after date, and alleged to have been indorsed to the plaintiff before due. The executor of Roberts filed sworn pleas to the declaration: Eirst, That he was not indebted. Second, “ That the note was obtained from the said John Roberts in his life-time, not many^ weeks before his death, while suffering from an incurable disease, by fraud, on false pretenses and without…
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