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82 Mass. 273

Baxter v. Paine

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 15, 1860

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1860-10-15

Action of contract for thirty dollars as money lent to the defendant on the 29th of July 1856.

Decided 1860-10-15

Chapman, J.

¶1This case does not raise the question whether a promissory note can be given in evidence upon a count for money lent. It presents a case of money actually lent. A promissory note was taken for it by the plaintiff, but afterwards cancelled and given up under the mistaken belief that it had been fully paid. It seems to have been a mutual mistake. The balance of the money lent was still due, though there was no note in existence to declare upon. The allegation of time in the count is immaterial, being mere surplusage.

¶2Exceptions overruled.

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