Marsh v. State Bank & Trust Co.

Mil Justice Hall

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question for determination in this case is whether or not plaintiff in error is estopped to deny liability as surety upon a promissory note by his ratification of the forged signature of his name thereon.

The circuit judge, sitting without the intervention of a jury, rendered judgment against plaintiff in error upon the note, filing a written finding of facts upon the request of the parties as follows:

“This is a suit of the plaintiff Bank v. Dr. Charles P. Marsh, upon a note purporting to he executed July 18, 1923, due ninety days after…