Supreme Judicial Court of Maine June 30, 1903 (Furber v. Fogler)

Peabody, J.

This is an action of assumpsit to recover upon two promissory notes, dated June 2, 1900, respectively for $300, eighteen days after date, and $500 six months and eighteen days after date, given by the defendant to the plaintiff as part of the purchase price, $1200, of one-sixth part of the total number of shares of the entire capital stock of the Gate City Lumber Company of Port