Reed v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Pueblo County. This is an action upon a negotiable promissory note against ■five of the joint makers, only two of whom (Reed and Weston) made any defense. The complaint alleges ownership by plaintiff, maturity and nonpayment of the note.
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Appeal from the District Court of Pueblo County. This is an action upon a negotiable promissory note against ■five of the joint makers, only two of whom (Reed and Weston) made any defense. The complaint alleges ownership by plaintiff, maturity and nonpayment of the note. The answer has four defenses: the first is a denial of plaintiff’s ownership and a denial of nonpayment; the second a plea of payment; the third that these two defendants were accommodation makers merely, without consideration, and that plaintiff acquired its interest in the note after its maturity; the fourth pleaded want of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
Twenty-seven errors have been assigned. One relates to the refusal of the court to change the place of the trial, seventeen to rulings by the court upon the admission and rejection of testimony, two go to the instructions, and the others to the overruling of the defendants’ motion for a nonsuit, for a new trial, and to the insufficiency of the evidence.
In their argument counsel for appellants characterize the trial of this case as one so disorderly as to warrant this court in reversing the judgment for that reason alone. Whether or not we agree with counsel for appellee that the turbulent…
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