28 N.H. 290 | Superior Court of New Hampshire | 1854
The counts upon the notes are not maintained. The consideration of the several notes was in part illegal. Where the contract is entire, the consideration for the promise, in part illegal, will not sustain it. Carleton v. Whitcher, 5 N. H. Rep. 196; Crawford v. Morrill, 8 Johns. 195; Chitty on Con. 61.
But the case in relation to the counts for goods sold and delivered, stands differently. The various articles sold may well be regarded as sold separately, each article.constituting the consideration for the promise to pay the price agreed for it. By the contract, each article was to be separately valued. Its value was to be determined by its original cost and freight, and that price was to be paid for it. The bargain was, in effect, a contract to pay for each article a price to be determined in the manner before stated. The consideration for the promise to pay for the goods is not to be regarded as one and indivisible. The sale and delivery of
Judgment on the verdict.