Bullard v. Goodno
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. The question was as to the liability of the trustee and the right of the claimant. Heard on commissioner’s report, Caledonia County, June Term, 1900, Taft, C. J., presiding. Judgment that the claimant was entitled to $477 of the funds in the hands of the trustee and that the trustee was chargeable for $23. The trustee and the claimant excepted.
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Assumpsit. The question was as to the liability of the trustee and the right of the claimant. Heard on commissioner’s report, Caledonia County, June Term, 1900, Taft, C. J., presiding. Judgment that the claimant was entitled to $477 of the funds in the hands of the trustee and that the trustee was chargeable for $23. The trustee and the claimant excepted. Had the loans, considered in the opinion, borne interest at the legal rate, such interest would have amounted to much more than $23.
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
The defendant was indebted to his wife, the claimant, in the sum of $477 for money loaned by her to him at different times after their marriage, part of which sum was hers in her own right before marriage, and part she borrowed of her brother. These loans were made by her to- her husband upon his promise toi repay the same, but there was no- agreement to pay interest.
The defendant owed the plaintiff for services in securing a pension for him on account of disabilities received by him as a soldier, and ‘had promised to pay him when he got his pension. He subsequently received a pension check…
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