Leavitt v. Thurston
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe District Court, Second District; Son. W. W. Maugham,, Judge. Action by R. B. Leavitt against Ima Tburston, Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStraup, J.
This is a suit on a negotiable promissory note alleged to have been executed and delivered by the defendant to the Southern Missouri Jack Company, a corporation, and by it sold and transferred to the plaintiff. It was stipulated and agreed on the trial that the note was obtained by the company from the defendant by fraud and misrepresentations. The issue tried to the jury was as to whether the plaintiff was a holder in due course. A verdict was rendered in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
The court, among other things, charged the jury that every holder is deemed prima facie to…
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