Stevens v. Blunt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Stevens v. Blunt, 7 Mass. 240 (Mass. 1810)
Stevens v. Blunt
Opinion of the Court
for the defendant in error, now urged the objection which he made successfully at the Common Pleas.
But the Court held the note payable absolutely at a day certain, and they reversed the judgment of the Common Pleas, and ordered a new trial at the bar of this Court.
Story for the plaintiff in error,
.) [This decision is clearly wrong. The promisor had a right of election lo pay either at the time mentioned, or when the building should be completed, according to contract. The latter event might never take place; and, therefore, the note, at the election of the promisor, was payable on a contingency, which might, or might not, happen.—Ed.]
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Phinehas Stevens, in Error, versus John Blunt
- Cited By
- 17 cases
- Status
- Published