Legal Opinion
White v. White
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 10, 1940No. Civ. 12269PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOMB, J.
From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before the court without a jury in an action to recover the amount due upon a promissory note, defendant appeals.
These are the essential facts:
August 14, 1924, defendant signed and delivered to plaintiff a promissory note in the sum of $2,000. At the time of delivery plaintiff was named as payee in the note, but the space for the insertion of the due date was left blank. In March of 1938, plaintiff filled in the blank with the words “10 years”, thus making the maturity date of the note ten years after date.
Defendant relies for reversal of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kenniff v. CaulfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- Cassetta v. BaimaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930
- Keyes v. FenstermakerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
- Brown v. GowCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
3Cited by5 opinions
- Eleanor M. Willhoit and John D. Willhoit v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Guardianship of LevyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
- Hausen v. GoldmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- Smith v. LagerstromCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Cotton v. HudsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941