Packard v. Town of Bovina

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Packard v. Town of Bovina, 24 Wis. 382 (Wis. 1869)
Paihe

Packard v. Town of Bovina

Opinion of the Court

Paihe, J.

The judgment in this case must be affirmed. A town is not liable on an order drawn on its treasurer, until the order has been presented for payment,- and payment refused. It is like a bill of exchange or check. There is no default until the drawee has refused payment.

A demand being necessary, it would scarcely be insisted that a demand upon the treasurer’s boy, fourteen or fifteen years old, at the barn, and in the absence of the treasurer, was any demand upon him.

By the Court. — Judgment affirmed, with costs.

Reference

Full Case Name
Packard v. The Town of Bovina
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Status
Published