Wright v. . Wright
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee. (Reported below, 59 Barb., 505.) This action was brought upon a promissory note given by-defendant, dated March 1st, 1868, for $5,000. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The note was without consideration. (Story on Prom.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee. (Reported below, 59 Barb., 505.) This action was brought upon a promissory note given by-defendant, dated March 1st, 1868, for $5,000. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The note was without consideration. (Story on Prom. Ho tes, §§ 184, 187.) The intermarriage of the maker with the payee, operated to discharge the note. (Strong v. Skinner, 4 Barb., 552 ; Tisdale. v. Jones, 38 id., 523; Curtis v. Brooks,…
1Opinion of the Court
Reynolds, C.
The complaint states that on the 1st of March, 1868, the plaintiff’s name was Delia Estabrook, and that about that day the defendant, for a valuable consideration, gave her a promissory note, dated March 1st, 1868, for $5,000, payable six months after date, with interest; that the plaintiff is the owner and holder of the note; that it is unpaid, and judgment is demanded for the amount with interest. The answer of the defendant denies every allegation of the complaint, except that on the 1st of March, 1868, the plaintiff’s name was Delia Estabrook, and upon this issue the parties…
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