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1 D. Chip. 214

Hay v. Hide

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided February 15, 1814

Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1814-02-15

THIS was an action of assumpsit. / The declaration contained two counts; one on a promissory note, and one for money lent.

Decided 1814-02-15

By the Court.

¶1— The due bill is an acknowledgment of so much

¶2táioney of the plaintiff’s, in the hands of the defendant, for which the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff; and it may well be presumed to be for a loan. It is an acknowledgement under the hand of the defendant, and is sufficient to raise the implied promise in the second count, and might have supported a third count, on an insimul computassent.

¶3Verdict for the plaintiff.

¶4See the case Fisher v. Leslie. 1 Esp. Cases, 426. A slip ef paper, signed by the defendant, in the following letters and words. “ 1 O U eight guineas, was admitted in support of a declaration, containing a count for money lent, and the common counts, by L, KENYON.”

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