Nichols v. Mudgett
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book account. The auditor found that the account presented by the plaintiff against the defendant, amounting to one hundred and sixty-five dollars and forty-seven cents, was correct, and that the plaintiff was entitled to recover that sum unless his claim was in law satisfied by the following facts : In 1854 the plaintiff was a candidate for the office of town representative in Westford, where both the parties resided.
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Book account. The auditor found that the account presented by the plaintiff against the defendant, amounting to one hundred and sixty-five dollars and forty-seven cents, was correct, and that the plaintiff was entitled to recover that sum unless his claim was in law satisfied by the following facts : In 1854 the plaintiff was a candidate for the office of town representative in Westford, where both the parties resided. While such candidate, and a short time before the election, there being another candidate for such office, the plaintiff solicited the defendant to use his influence in favor…
1Opinion of the CourtAldis, J.
The auditor’s report states the following facts : The defendant owed the plaintiff about one hundred and fifty dollars. The plaintiff, in September, 1854, was a candidate for town representative of Westford. The defendant had usually voted for the party opposed to the plaintiff. They made this agreement: the defendant should use his influence for the plaintiff’s election, and do what he could for that purpose, and if the plaintiff was elected, that should be a satisfaction of the debt which the defendant owed the plaintiff. Nothing was said about the defendant’s voting for the plaintiff…
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