Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on a promissory note. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1910, Orange County, Stanton, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for defendants, Conant and Flanders. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case. Though Conant and Flanders were, prima facie, makers, they could show that they were in fact only indorsers.
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Assumpsit on a promissory note. Plea, the general issue with notice. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1910, Orange County, Stanton, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for defendants, Conant and Flanders. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case. Though Conant and Flanders were, prima facie, makers, they could show that they were in fact only indorsers. Barrows v. Lane, 5 Vt. 161; Knapp v. Parker, 6 Vt. 642; Flint v. Day, 9 Vt. 345; Pitkin v. Flanagan, 23 Vt. 160; Bellows Falls National Bank v. Dorset M. Go., 61 Vt. 106; Ballard v. Barton, 64 Vt. 387; Sylvester v. Downer, 20 Vt.…
1Opinion of the CourtHasbuton, J.
This is an. action of assumpsit, general and special. The plaintiff sought to recover upon a promissory note dated March 15, 1905, payable to the order of the plaintiff, signed on its face by A. E. Rogers, and having on its back the. names of David S. Conant and M. G. Flanders, written there by them respectively. The writ in the case was not served upon Rogers and he did not appear. On trial by jury a verdict for the defendants, Conant and Flanders, was returned and judgment was rendered thereon. The plaintiff excepted.
During the trial the plaintiff took some exceptions to rulings of the…
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- Lincoln v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1909
- Ballard v. BurtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1892
- German v. Bennington & Rutland RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1899
- Flint v. DaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1837
- Coolidge v. AyersSupreme Court of Vermont · 1905
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