Moffatt v. Blake

Citations

• 145 F. 40
• 75 C.C.A. 265
• 1906 U.S. App. LEXIS 3951

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal — Findinss op Master Concurred in by Court.</p> <p>The findings of a master, concurred in by tbe court, are to be taken as presumptively correct, and will be permitted to stand unless some obvious error has intervened in the application of the law, or some serious or important mistake has been made in the consideration of the evidence.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see vol. 3, Cent. 'Dig. Appeal and Error, §§ 4015-4018.]</p> <p>2. Bills and Notes — Extension op Overdue Note — Interest.</p> <p>Where an overdue note is by agreement of the parties indorsed “Extended on or before Oct. 1st, 1902, at 6% interest from Mch. 27, ’02,” the date of the indorsement, the legal effect thereof is to make 6 per cent, the rate of interest from that time until the time of payment, and not merely until October 1, 1902.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>