Bell v. . Leggett
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the general term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, where judgment had been entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, denying a motion for a new trial, made on a bill of exceptions.
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Appeal from the general term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, where judgment had been entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, denying a motion for a new trial, made on a bill of exceptions. (Reported below, 2 Sandf. 450, where a new trial was granted, after a former verdict in favor of the defendants.) This was an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiff, as surviving partner of the firm of Abraham Bell & Co., against the executors of Samuel Leggett, deceased, to recover the amount of two promissory notes, dated 12th December 1845, one of them for $579.37, at six…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] All contracts or agreements which have for their object anything which is repugnant to justice, or against the general policy of the common law, or contrary to the provisions of any statute are void; and whenever a contract or agreement is entered into with a view to contravene any of these general principles, there is no form of words, however artfully introduced or omitted, which can prevent courts of law and equity from investigating the truth of the…
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