Gill v. Hopkins

A note takes effect from the time of its delivery, and if appellant signed the note as security for Sackrider to enable him to obtain the loan from the appellee, the putting the date to the note cotemporaneous with its delivery would not be such a material alteration of its terms as to avoid it under the plea. In putting the date to the note, no fraudulent intent upon the part of Hopkins appears, and the liability of the appellant being in no manner varied by the addition of the date it must be held as immaterial. Vogle v. Ripper, 34 Ill. 100.

Hpon the question whether the appellant signed the…