Warren Deposit Bank v. Younglove
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 89 — Action on a Promissory Note. — APPEAL FROM WARREN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. This action is upon a note drawn by J. I. Younglove and J. I. Younglove & Bro. (a firm composed of J. I. and John E. Younglove) payable to the order of Robert Underwood, sixty days after date, at Warren deposit bank, and which was discounted by said bank before maturity, thereby being placed upon the footing of a foreign hill of exchange.
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Case 89 — Action on a Promissory Note. — APPEAL FROM WARREN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. This action is upon a note drawn by J. I. Younglove and J. I. Younglove & Bro. (a firm composed of J. I. and John E. Younglove) payable to the order of Robert Underwood, sixty days after date, at Warren deposit bank, and which was discounted by said bank before maturity, thereby being placed upon the footing of a foreign hill of exchange. On this bill of exchange suit was brought against John B. Younglove the surviving member of the firm of J. I. Younglove & Bro., who made…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE O’REAR —
Reversing.
J. I. and J. E. Younglove were partners engaged in the sale of drugs at Bowling Green, Ky., and the firm name and style was J. I. Younglove & Bro. On December 9, 1898, a sixty-day note for $1,000 was executed, payable to Robert Underwood, and negotiable a,t appellant bank. It was signed: “J. I. Younglove. J. I. Younglove & Brother.” This note was negotiated by and discounted to the bank before its maturity, and for value. .J. I. Younglove died, and, his estate having proved insolvent, the bank brought this suit against J. E. Younglove, the other…
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