French v. Jarvis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, brought against the defendant as indorser of three notes, made by one Rowland, payable to the order of the defendant, one for $2,275, dated March 23,1857, one for $2,337, dated April 20, 1857, and one for $2,510, dated May 30, 1857, all payable at six months from date. The defendant pleaded the general issue, with notice, which was closed to the court.
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Assumpsit, brought against the defendant as indorser of three notes, made by one Rowland, payable to the order of the defendant, one for $2,275, dated March 23,1857, one for $2,337, dated April 20, 1857, and one for $2,510, dated May 30, 1857, all payable at six months from date. The defendant pleaded the general issue, with notice, which was closed to the court. The notes were made by Rowland and indorsed by the defendant for the accommodation of a joint stock corporation in New York, and were by the corporation delivered to one Elliott? a broker in New York, for him to send to Connecticut…
1Opinion of the CourtStorrs, C. J.
It being found by the court below that the notes in question in this suit were not, as claimed by the *352defendant on the trial, sold in the state of New York, by the corporation which held them, at a greater rate of discount than the legal rate of interest in that state, there is clearly no ground for the first point made by the defendant, which is founded on such a sale. The finding is conclusive on that question of fact, and is not the subject of revision before us.
The defendant next claims that Baldwin was always the legal holder of the notes, from the time when he took them up from Townsend…
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- Bishop v. DexterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1818
- Boylston v. GreeneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
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