Nash v. Skinner
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit, on a promissory note. The writ, in this case, was against “ Reuben Skinner, “ Henry Bulkley and Solomon Bulkley, and Henry L. Sabin, “ the three last co-partners under the style and firm of H. & “ S. Bulkley & Co., all of Granville, in the county of Washington, and State of New York.” The writ was served upon the defendant, Skinner, and there was a non est return, as to the Bulkleys and Sabin.
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Assumpsit, on a promissory note. The writ, in this case, was against “ Reuben Skinner, “ Henry Bulkley and Solomon Bulkley, and Henry L. Sabin, “ the three last co-partners under the style and firm of H. & “ S. Bulkley & Co., all of Granville, in the county of Washington, and State of New York.” The writ was served upon the defendant, Skinner, and there was a non est return, as to the Bulkleys and Sabin. The declaration commenced as follows:— “ In a plea of trespass on the case, for that whereas the “ said defendants, heretofore, to wit, on the ninth day of “ March, A. D. 1837, at Granville…
1Opinion of the Court
*227The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
— The important enquiry in this case, is, as to the right of the plaintiff to recover upon the facts detailed in the bill of exceptions. It seems the note was signed by Jewett,and indorsed, in blank,by Skinner and Bulkley & Co., in New Yo;k,ifor the purpose for enabling Jewett to pass it to the plaintiff in payment for wool, which he was about to purchase of him, and that Skinner, as well as Bulkley & Co., well understood, at the time the note was indorsed, the use to which it was to be appropriated, and it was accordingly passed to ¡the…
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