JANUARY v. GOODMAN


1 U.S. 208 (1787)

1 Dall. 208

JANUARY Assignee versus GOODMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.


SHIPPEN, President.

This is an action on the case, brought upon a writing said to be a promissory note, and declared upon as such. The form of it is not the usual form of a promissory note; it runs thus; "I promise and oblige myself and my heirs to pay to January and his Assigns," it concludes with the words "as witness my hand and seal;" and it is actually sealed. Two witnesses subscribe under the words "given in presence of us."

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