Blakeslee v. Hewett
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ciarle County. Action upon a promissory note signed by the defendant Colburn and indorsed by the other defendants. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. The indorsers appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
The undisputed evidence in this case shows that all the indorsers signed the note upon which suit is brought before its delivery to the payee, to give credit tu the maker, Colburn. This is the effect of the testimony of JRing and Youmans. The former says, in substance, ihac it was understood that the indorsers should indorse the note to give Colburn credit for the purchase of the mill property, and that he indorsed as he agreed to. Youmans says he *342knew Colburn’s signature and the other signatures on the back of the note; that they were the signatures of the defendants Hewett, Archer, Ring,…
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- Ward v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
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- Snyder v. WrightWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
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