Sigerson v. Mathews
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The points made by the counsel for the plaintiff in error were the following: First. The note in question was not an accommodation note, made for the defendant.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The points made by the counsel for the plaintiff in error were the following: First. The note in question was not an accommodation note, made for the defendant. The evidence shows that there could be no pretence that the note in question was made for the accommodation of the defendant; but that it was, in fact, a regular business note, taken by defendant on the sale of real estate, without security. And that when, at a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the district of Missouri.
An action was brought by Mathews against John Sigerson, as endorser on a note of James Sigerson, now deceased, dated the 10th of March, 1852, for- the payment of the sum of two thousand dollars, two years after date, at the Bank of the State of Missouri, with interest from the date.
It was proved on the trial that; in 1851, Mathews advanced largely to John Sigerson on, some transactions in pork, whereby Sigerson became indebted to him in the sum of two thousand dollars; that Sigerson wanted two years’ time, on which…
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