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Moore v. Stadden

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1832

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1832-09-15

<p>Sealed note — payment.</p> <p>Work done for the payee of a note by the payer, under an agreement to apply the proceeds to discharge the note, is a payment for so much, unless by some subsequent agreement it has been determined to apply them, otherwise.</p>

Decided 1832-09-15

LANE, J.

¶1to the jury. The defence in this case is, that Stadden performed work and labor for Smith, while he held the note, which, by agreement, was to be applied to the payment of it. If you find the fact to be, that the work was done, under such agreement, it is .a payment, unless the parties afterwards agreed to apply the .amount to some other account. In the latter case,' the debt remains, notwithstanding the first agreement to apply the labor to pay the note.

¶2Verdict for the defendant. Motion for a new trial overruled, .and judgment.

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