Wolfe v. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
IIkartnc! upon an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action on a promissory note. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: ' Richard S. Wolfe was sued by Charles T. Murphy, guardian of Raymond F. G’lieen, a minor, upon a promissory note under seal, which was secured by a mortgage on real estate given by him to one Johnson.
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IIkartnc! upon an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in an action on a promissory note. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: ' Richard S. Wolfe was sued by Charles T. Murphy, guardian of Raymond F. G’lieen, a minor, upon a promissory note under seal, which was secured by a mortgage on real estate given by him to one Johnson. Ue filed an affidavit of defense, which was found by the court to be insufficient, and judgment was entered against him under the Rid rule of the lower court. After lie gave the mortgage, lie conveyed…
1DissentJustice Ropu
Plaintiff, appellee here, declared upon a promissory note under seal, dated March 10, 1910, signed by the defendant Richard S. Wolfe, appellant here, and payable two years after date to the order of one Harold L. Johnson. The declaration further set forth that “on the 1st day of March, 1932, one Laura Green, then the holder of said note, agreed in writing with the defendant Thomas J. De Lashmutt, then the owner of the property upon which said note was secured, to extend the time of the payment of said note to March 10, 1915.” The note was attached to and made a part of the affidavit, of…
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