15 Johns. 355
Decided August 15, 1818
New York Supreme Court · decided 1818-08-15
THIS was an action of assumpsit on twelve promissory notes, dated June 3, 1811, for twenty-five dollars each, made by the defendants, payable to Caleb M. Fitch, or bearer, on the 1st of June, 1812. Plea, non assumpsit. The cause was tried at the Cortlandt circuit, in June, 1817, be-Mr. Justice Platt.
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Decided 1818-08-15
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently February 1900
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¶1The case of Munn v. The Commission Company, (ante, p. 44.) is decisively against you in this point. We decided that a note made for the purpose of being discounted at an usurious interest, and indorsed for the accommodation of the maker, was void in its original formation.
¶2Sherwood, contra, was stopped by the court.
¶3The motion to set aside the nonsuit must be denied.
¶4Motion denied.