Blodgett v. Durgin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit against the defendant as indorser of a promissory note, dated Lebanon, N. Hi, January 1st, 1856, for one hundred and fifty dollars, signed by one Wood and payable to the defend* ant, or bearer, in six months from date. Plea, the general issue, ahcl trial by jury, at the December Term, 1858, in Windsor county,— Redeield, Ch. J., presiding.
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Assumpsit against the defendant as indorser of a promissory note, dated Lebanon, N. Hi, January 1st, 1856, for one hundred and fifty dollars, signed by one Wood and payable to the defend* ant, or bearer, in six months from date. Plea, the general issue, ahcl trial by jury, at the December Term, 1858, in Windsor county,— Redeield, Ch. J., presiding. The indorsement of the note was admitted by the defendant, who also conceded that it was executed by-the maker and delivered to the defendant at St; Johnsbury, in this State, at the time it bore date. The defendant transferred and indorsed the note…
1Opinion of the Court
Akdis, <J.
I. The law of the place of payment of a promissory note determines whether in presenting it for payment days of grace shall or shall not be computed. By the law of New Hampshire three days of grace are allowed, but in this State none are allowed.
In the case at bar the note was presented to the maker at Leb- ' anon, N. H., according to Vermont law, without an allowance for days of grace. The defendant claims that the law of New Hampshire should govern as to the presentment for payment, and therefore that he is not liable ,as indorser.
*365The note was not made payable at any particular…
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