Van Vleet v. Adair
Indiana Supreme Court
ERROR to the Fayette Circuit Court. — In this case Adair was the plaintiff below, and Van Vleet, administrator of Scott, the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBlackford, J.
By the obligation upon which this action of covenant was founded, the obligor promised the obligee to pay him a certain sum, one half in specie, and the other in bankable paper. On demurrer to three frivolous pleas filed, judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and the damages were assessed by the Court without a jury of inquiry.
This case is different from that of Mettler & Smith v. Moore, decided at this term. There the obligation was for the payment of a certain sum in whiskey; here, for the payment of a certain sum in bankable paper. In the former, whiskey was to be delivered to the value…
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