Franklin Savings Institution v. Reed
This text of 125 Mass. 365 (Franklin Savings Institution v. Reed) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The memorandum written upon the note before its delivery was part of the contract; and by its manifest intention and legal effect neither Benjamin W. Reed, the principal, nor John Reed, who appeared on the face of the note to be a surety, was bound to pay the note until April 1,1881. Heywood v. Perrin, 10 Pick. 228. That the action was prematurely brought was rightly pleaded in bar. Benthall v. Hildreth, 2 Gray, 288. Ho claim to recover interest was made or ruled on at the trial, or can be asserted for the first time in this court.
Exceptions overruled.
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