Trigg v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cooper Cowrt of Common Pleas. This was an action upon a negotiable promissory note for $1,500, dated May 8, 1857, made by W. W. Norris and John Taylor in favor of said Norris, and endorsed by Norris to plaintiff Trigg. Norris failed to answer. Taylor answered denying the execution of the note sued on.
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Appeal from Cooper Cowrt of Common Pleas. This was an action upon a negotiable promissory note for $1,500, dated May 8, 1857, made by W. W. Norris and John Taylor in favor of said Norris, and endorsed by Norris to plaintiff Trigg. Norris failed to answer. Taylor answered denying the execution of the note sued on. At the trial, it appeared in evidence that Taylor signed a note for $500 with said Norris and for his accommodation; that this note was fraudulently altered by Norris to a note for $1,500 and endorsed to plaintiff. This note, as altered, is the note sued on in this suit. The evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, Judge
It is a general rule that any alteration in a material part of a bill of exchange or promissory note, as in the date, sum, or time when payable, or consideration, or place of payment, will render the bill or note invalid, as against any party thereto not consenting to such alteration, even in the hands of an innocent holder. (Edwards on Bills, 95; Chitty on Bills, 182; Woodworth v. Bank of America, 19 John. 391; Nagro v. Fuller, 24 Wend. 374; Bruce v. Westcott, 3 Barb. 374.) The application of this principle is not affected by the skillfulness with which the alteration is made, or the…
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