Buckeye Commercial Savings Bank v. Protogere

On February 18, 1923, defendant and his partner, Gust Rouppas, then doing business at Findlay, Ohio, executed a joint and several promissory note for $1,500 to plaintiff, payable on demand at plaintiff bank in Findlay. It was in renewal of a previous similar note given for part purchase price of fixtures bought by the partnership from plaintiff’s predecessor. In March, 1923, the partnership was dissolved, Rouppas taking over the property, agreeing to pay the debts, and giving defendant notes for $900, which the latter left at plaintiff bank and which were afterward collected by it and the…