Bell v. McElwain
Bell v. McElwain
Opinion of the Court
The note, on which the plaintiff’s claim in this case rests, is in its terms, in all material respects, identical with that which came under adjudication in White agt. Haight (16 New-York Rep. 310), and the extraneous facts, so far as they have any bearing on the defendant’s liability, are also in substance the same. The question, therefore, is merely whether we shall follow or overthrow that decision ?
The judgment should, therefore, in accordance with that decision, be reversed, and judgment rendered on the case for the plaintiff for the amount of the note and interest.
That one was Mr. Justice Paige, who took no part in the decision, for the reason that he had given a written opinion as counsel on the questions in controversy, before his election to the bench.
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- Bell agt. McElwain
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- Published