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16 Wis. 218

Griffiths v. Parry

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1862

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1862-06-15

Action to recover the amount of a promissory note for $281.13, signed by the defendant Ann Parry and by the defendant Evans as security, dated July 1st, 1859, payable two years after date.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently October 1925

2 state decisions

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Decided 1862-06-15

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¶1By the Court,

Dixon, C. J.

¶2The judge was wrong in charging the jury that if the $200 note, dated in May, 1858, was obtained by fraud, the plaintiff falsely representing that he had paid $200, upon the mortgage, when in fact he had paid but *220$100, the note in suit was void, and nothing could be recovered upon it. The note was good for the sum actually paid, and void only for the residue. Haycock vs. Rand, 5 Cush., 26; Hammott vs. Emerson, 27 Me., 308; Colburn vs. Ware, 30 id., 202; Deering vs. Chapman, 22 id., 488; Andrews vs. Wheaton, 23 Conn., 112; Wade vs. Scott, 7 Mo., 509; Brown vs. North, 21 id., 528.

¶3Judgment reversed, and a new trial awarded.

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