Krouskop v. Shontz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Richland County. On the 12th of June, 1878, the defendants, who were husband and wife, executed their promissory note, payable on or before December 1, 1878, to M. A. Buckley or order, for $140, with interest at seven per cent, after due. The plaintiff purchased the note before due, for value, of Buckley, who indorsed the same without recourse. Judgment was recovered by the plaintiff in justice’s court, and also in the circuit court.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Richland County. On the 12th of June, 1878, the defendants, who were husband and wife, executed their promissory note, payable on or before December 1, 1878, to M. A. Buckley or order, for $140, with interest at seven per cent, after due. The plaintiff purchased the note before due, for value, of Buckley, who indorsed the same without recourse. Judgment was recovered by the plaintiff in justice’s court, and also in the circuit court. On the back of the note, as offered in evidence, were written at the top these words: “This note to be extended, if desired by…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The first error assigned is the refusal of the court to allow the defendants to prove that the written indorsement on the back of the note had been changed, as above indicated'. Assuming that the indorsement, at the time of making the note, was just as claimed by the defendants, to wit, “ This note to be extended if desired by makers,” yet it would *206seem to be without any. legal significance. The indorsement contained no definite agreement. Not only were the admitted words without significance, but the words claimed to have been subsequently added were equally without significance, as they…
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