Bank of Herington v. Wangerin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

The defendant in error, Wangerin, executed his note for sixty dollars’ to one Mc-Naspy, as payee. The note was written by the payee upon a printed blank, and in such form that, after Wangerin had signed, McNaspy was enabled to place in the scroll prepared for the figures representing the number of dollars the figure “1” before the figures “60,” and to write in the line prepared for the written amount and before the word “sixty” the words “one hundred and.” This was all done in such manner that no one would be able to discover the change…