Sawyer v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. W. A. Spurrier, Judge. Action at law to recover tbe amount due on a promissory note. A jury was impaneled, and evidence was submitted, but at tbe close of tbe evidence tbe court directed a verdict for tbe plaintiff, and judgment was rendered in bear favor. Three of tbe five defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
*3981 *397Tbe note in suit is dated January 1, 1896, and is for tbe sum of one thousand dollars, payable to *398the plaintiff or order six months after its date, with interest. It was signed by the defendants O. J. Houston and D. B. Lyons, and by the defendants and appellants A. L. Campbell, E. A. Percival and Thomas Hatton. As originally drawn and signed, it was in form an ordinary negotiable promissory note, but before it was delivered there was written across its face the following: “Upon the written request of all the makers of this note, made on or before June 15,1896, the payee agrees that the time…
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