Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Laird
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 1906No. 20,800PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Erom Superior Court of Tippecanoe County; Henry H. Vinton, Judge. Action by Abner T. Bowen against Leonard Laird. Erom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §133^ Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
—Action by appellant, a bona fide indorsee, on a promissory note purporting to be payable at a bank. Answer, first, the general denial; second, non est factum. Beply to second paragraph of answer, admitting that the defendant did not execute the note in form as sued on, but alleging that he did execute a note in words, figures, blank space and line, as follows:
“Otterbein, Indiana, October 21, 1890. One year after date, I promise to pay to the order of Bernard & Hunter, $144 at -, value received. Interest at eight per cent per annum after due until paid. Leonard Laird.”
That when the defendant…
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