New York Supreme Court May 15, 1803 (Hart v. Hosack)

Per Curiam.

The plaintiff, on the trial of this cause, gave in evidence a promissory note of his own to the defendant. Elias Noah proves that this note was borrowed of the plaintiff by the defendant, on giving a receipt, promising to be accountable to him for it. The defence set up is, that the note was a fee to the defendant foi taking the plaintiff’s son as an apprentice.