McGrath v. . Clark

The ruling of the learned judge at the circuit in directing a verdict for the plaintiff, cannot be sustained. When the note was indorsed by the defendant and delivered to the maker, the only blanks in it were the time and place of payment. These blanks the maker had an implied authority to fill up by inserting any time and place he chose, but he had no authority to make any material alteration in the note. The note was perfect in other respects. The addition of the words, "with interest," increased the liability of the indorser; and the maker had no more right to add those words than he had…