Perry v. Bigelow
Decision Date | 19 January 1880 |
Citation | 128 Mass. 129 |
Parties | John D. Perry v. James W. Bigelow |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Argued October 1, 1879
Worcester. Contract on the following promissory note signed by the defendant and indorsed by the payee:
Trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., who reported the case for the consideration of this court in substance as follows:
The defendant offered to show that, on January 11, 1877, the parties made an oral contract, by which the plaintiff was to let the defendant have $ 5000 in money, less the interest for four months, and the defendant was to transfer to the plaintiff certain shares of the Scotia Lead Mining Company and at the end of the four months the defendant was to have the right to have the stock back by paying the $ 5000, and, if he did not do so, the plaintiff was to have the stock absolutely, and the defendant was not to pay the $ 5000; that the parties were at the banking-house, of which the plaintiff was president, and he suggested that he would like to have it appear as a bank transaction, and accordingly went to the adjoining room, where was the cashier, and returned to the defendant with the note declared on; and that the same was then duly executed by the defendant and delivered to the plaintiff, who paid him $ 5000, less four months' discount. It was agreed that the note was made payable to the cashier for the accommodation of the plaintiff; and...
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