Omaha National Bank v. Johnson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: R. Gr. Siebeckeb, Circuit Judge. Suit on four promissory notes, dated in the spring and summer of 1897, all signed by C. H. Davidson, M. D. Karr, and the defendant, Harry Johnson.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: R. Gr. Siebeckeb, Circuit Judge. Suit on four promissory notes, dated in the spring and summer of 1897, all signed by C. H. Davidson, M. D. Karr, and the defendant, Harry Johnson. It appealed by plaintiff’s evidence that Karr and Davidson were engaged in business át Omaha in the form of a corporation known as the Karr & Davidson Coal Company; that, after two of the notes in suit had been given and discounted by the plaintiff and the money carried to the account of that corporation, they applied for more money, saying that they…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
Two propositions were decided by the circuit court, both of which are vigorously assailed by the appellant. The first is that it appeared by the plaintiff’s own evidence that the defendant, Johnson, to the knowledge of the plaintiff, bore the relation of surety to the indebtedness-originally evidenced by the notes signed by him and here sued upon; second, that by the taking of the several renewal notes the plaintiff extended the time of payment of that indebtedness, and thereby discharged the defendant. The rule is well settled that wherever, as between joint or several obligors to a…
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