Hereth v. Merchants' National Bank

This was an action predicated upon a promissory note, payable at a bank in this State, and .having in the margin thereof the words, “ This given for patent right.” It was payable to one Hartwell, by him indorsed to Noble, and by him to the appellee. It was executed at the same time, and for the same consideration, as the note in the case decided at this term in which Hereth .and another were appellants and Meyer was appellee, 33 Ind. 511. The defense set up was the same as the defense in that case. The jury found for the plaintiff and in answer to interrogatories, found that neither Noble nor…