Case Name: Newton against Galbraith
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1809-11
Citations: 5 Johns. 119
Docket Number: 
Parties: Newton against Galbraith.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 119–120

Head Matter:
Newton against Galbraith.
Where a pro missory note was given payatoTe‘ (kiivcrcd at the1 maker's the note" yjeañed^pay16 an,<l ea that lie had. hay in his barn, ready to be delivcral on the day to the plaintiff but did notshovf Ihc (quantity or value; it was held, that there was no proof of a tender er payment.
ON certiorari from a justice’s court. Galbraith sued . Nezuton before the justice, on two promissory notes, signed by Newton; the one for 10 dollars, payable on the 11 tli of December, 1807, in produce, to be delivered at Newton's house ; and the other for 10 dollars, payable on the 11th December, 1808, in produce, to be delivered at Nevoton's house, in Jericho. The defendant ’ v pleaded payment: and on the trial he proved, that on A \ the 11th December, 1807, he had hay in his barn, and was ' there ready to pay in hay, though he did not prove the quantity, and that the plaintiff did not come; and proved also, that he had hay ready, &c. on the 12th December, 1808. The plaintiff proved that he had one load of hay, after the first note fell due, and another load after-wards, but the defendant refused him any more; and that the common price of hay was 6 dollars per ton. The justice gave his judgment for the plaintiff, for the amount of the notes, after deducting the hay received»

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
There was no tender proved by defendant, sufficient to exonerate him from the payment of the balance due on the notes. A declaration that there was hay in his barn, or in stack for the plaintiff, without ascertaining the amount and value, was nothing. The judgment must be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed»