Snyder v. Van Doren
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action on a promissory note of A. J. Yan Doren, J. D. Yan Doren, and I. O. Van Doren. Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment against all the defendants; and the defendant I. 0. Van Doren appealed from the judgment.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Winnebago County. Action on a promissory note of A. J. Yan Doren, J. D. Yan Doren, and I. O. Van Doren. Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment against all the defendants; and the defendant I. 0. Van Doren appealed from the judgment. The facts upon which the question of the appellant’s liability turned, are stated in the opinion. 1. Any material alteration of a note, whether for the better or for the worse, terminates the liability of the maker not consenting to it. Master v. Miller, 4 Term, 320; 8. G., 1 Smith’s L C., 6th Am. ed., Pt. 2,141. Such for example is…
1Opinion of the CourtTayloe, J.
This action is brought to recover the amount of a promissory note bearing date June 5, 1875, payable to the plaintiff or bearer, two years after date, with interest at ten per cent, per annum. The note on its face purports to be signed by all the defendants in the following order:
A. J. Vast Doeen
J. D. Van Doeen
I. O. Van Doeen.
The note is the joint note of the makers.
The evidence shows that the appellant, I. O. Van Doren, and J. D. Van Doren, signed the note in blank something over a year before the date of the same. The note when signed by the appellant was a printed form, blank as to date,…
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