Chalfant v. Asbury
Chalfant v. Asbury
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The testimony of the witness Goldsburg establishes the partnership between himself and his co-defendants in the purchase and sale of tobacco, and the appellants are, therefore, liable on the note. The note is as follows: “Due O. N. A-sbury on demand six hundred dollars,” signed F. L. Goldsburg & Co., and dated Cincinnati, August 8, 1867. The petition alleges the agreement to pay on the 8th of August, 1867, and the ’non-payment of the money although often demanded. The jury upon ■the issue of non est factum made by appellants returned into court this verdict: “We, the jury, find for the plaintiff six hundred dollars as claimed in the petition,” and upon this verdict a judgment was rendered for six hundred dollars with interest from the 8th of August, 1867. The note was due the moment it was executed by the appellants, and no demand was necessary, and the verdict was in substance for the debt in the petition mentioned, and such a verdict authorized the court to render a judgment for the amount due and the interest, as decided in the case of Brannon & Smith v. Foree’s Administrator, 12 B. Mon. 506. The note was executed in the State of Ohio, and the appellants insist that no judgment could be rendered for the interest without first ascertaining without proof the rate of interest in that State. This rule of law has been changed ■by the Revised Statutes, 2d vol., page 65, as follows: “That any indebtedness incurred or evidenced by judgment or decree, rendered out of the State, shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown, to bear like interest as if it had been incurred, or the judgment or decree rendered in this State.” The burden of proof is now upon the party charged to show the rate of interest where the note or contract was executed, otherwise
Judgment affirmed.
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