Worcester Coal Co. v. Utley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon four promissory notes and two instruments of guaranty. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions to the admission of evidence, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The plaintiff sold coal from time to time to the Southbridge Coal Company, and seeks in this action to hold the defendant, as guarantor, on one or both of two instruments purporting to be signed by him. The first of these instruments reads as follows: “ July 25, 1882. Worcester Coal Co. I will guarantee the payment of bills which the Southbridge Coal Company may have with you, and will indorse their notes at any time.” The second is in this form: “ August 1, 1882. Worcester Coal Co., Worcester, Mass. In consideration of one dollar, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I agree to…
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- Douglass and Others v. Reynolds and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
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