Woodin v. Hoofut
This text of 12 Johns. 298 (Woodin v. Hoofut) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New York Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The whole of the testimony ndt being returned, it'is difficult to. say whether substantial justice has been done or n°h.' There is some reason to believe that there was inclu dec! in the note, a greater sum than the law would warrant. The .note, however, appears to have been given after a settle- ' ’ . ' , , . , . ' ment of the suit, with the. plaintiff’s attorney, and so not opprr to tjie SUSpjcjon .that it was obtained under the pressure of the execution, . And, besides,, there is evidence showing that some extra services were rendered, for which the deputy might fairly have been entitled-to compensation; and the question being proper for the determination of a jury, and it having been fairly submitted to them, the judgment must be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed,
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