Supreme Court of Vermont, 1803

Ashley v. Willard

Supreme Court of Vermont · Decided February 15, 1803 · Sed

2 Tyl. 391

Opinion of the Court

Sed per Curiam.

The joint promisors to a note are copartners in the contract, and the payment of *392one is the payment of both. If the promisee is indebted to both or either, they may join in a declaration in set-off, and have several counts; some applicable to the demands of one, and-some to the demands of the other; or entirely to the demands of 'one, or the joint demands of both.

Cephas Smith, Junior, for the plaintiff. Chauncey Langdon, for defendant.

Plaintiff nonsuited.

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