143 Mass. 25
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 4, 1886
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1886-11-04
Contract upon a promissory note, payable to the order of the plaintiff, and signed by the defendants. Answer: 1. A general denial. 2. Payment. Trial in the Superior Court, before Pitman, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: The action was tried upon the issues presented by the pleadings.
Decided 1886-11-04
¶1The paper signed by the foreman of the jury cannot be understood as anything else than a verdict for the plaintiff. Although it does not mention the name of the case in which it was rendered, the record of the court supplies this omission, as it shows that it was rendered in open court as the verdict in this case, and was filed in the case as such verdict. The exceptions are frivolous.
¶2Exceptions overruled.