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Hazard versus Thomas C. Durant legal draft report, Providence, R.I., September, 1880
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Mobilier by the Rail Road Company. This error in the draft report arose from the misprinting of the affidavit. -- The entry as printed (C.P.T. p42-43) seemed consistent at least with the fact that the sum was, in September 1868, like other sums, merely taken by Hain out of the suspense account and charged back to the Rail Road Company's general account, and as neither party had claimed otherwise, I so regarded it. But the real entry as it appears in the original affidavit shows that this amount had on June 15. 1967 been repaid to the Credit Mobilier by the Rail Road Company and had then been taken out of the suspense account and credited to the Rail Road Company in general account and this settled. 2d As to the two items of $30000 and $5500. On reviewing the evidence I think these amounts must be charged to Mr. Durant. That he received them from the Credit Mobilier as stated in the draft report, there can be no doubt. My doubt then was whether, under the
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Mobilier by the Rail Road Company. This error in the draft report arose from the misprinting of the affidavit. -- The entry as printed (C.P.T. p42-43) seemed consistent at least with the fact that the sum was, in September 1868, like other sums, merely taken by Hain out of the suspense account and charged back to the Rail Road Company's general account, and as neither party had claimed otherwise, I so regarded it. But the real entry as it appears in the original affidavit shows that this amount had on June 15. 1967 been repaid to the Credit Mobilier by the Rail Road Company and had then been taken out of the suspense account and credited to the Rail Road Company in general account and this settled. 2d As to the two items of $30000 and $5500. On reviewing the evidence I think these amounts must be charged to Mr. Durant. That he received them from the Credit Mobilier as stated in the draft report, there can be no doubt. My doubt then was whether, under the
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