165 Mass. 408 | Mass. | 1896
The defendant Childs contends that the notes given to the plaintiff were Massachusetts contracts, and that they should be interpreted and have effect according to the law of Massachusetts. That would be so if a question arose in an action upon the notes, or either of them. Shoe & Leather National Bank v. Wood, 142 Mass. 563. But the present action is brought on the original contract, and not on either of the notes. The plaintiff seeks to recover what the defendants agreed to pay him as the price of the horses sold. The defendants’ promise was made in New York, and was to be performed there. They