Woodward v. Leavitt

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1871-09-15

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Chapman, C. J. 1. The notes in suit had been given to the plaintiff by the defendant’s testator, who was also her husband. After the testator’s death, the defendant had been sued upon them by Drake, and the first exception is to the refusal of the court to permit the plaintiff’s counsel, on cross-examination, to ask the defendant if she did not ascertain from counsel, while the notes were in Drake’s hands, that she could not defe…

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