Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Co. v. Langson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. Tbe action is brought to recover the balance due upon a promissory note executed to the plaintiff by the defendant Rufus K. Langson, and payment guarantied by W.' J. Lang-son, for $103.80, on which there was an indorsement of $37.75. The answer was a general denial; also, the defence-that the note had been .procured from the defendants, through fraud and misrepresentations, and wholly…
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: J. C. Ludwig, Judge. Tbe action is brought to recover the balance due upon a promissory note executed to the plaintiff by the defendant Rufus K. Langson, and payment guarantied by W.' J. Lang-son, for $103.80, on which there was an indorsement of $37.75. The answer was a general denial; also, the defence-that the note had been .procured from the defendants, through fraud and misrepresentations, and wholly without, consideration. It appears by the evidence that in February, 1891, the-defendant Rufus K. Langson was indebted to…
1Opinion of the Court
NewmaN, J,
The plaintiff introduced the note described in the complaint in evidence, and rested. The defendants thereupon moved the court to direct a verdict for the defendants, on the ground that the plaintiff had not “ shown that' this note was payable and had not been paid in full.” The court refused to direct a verdict for the defendants. 'This is the defendants’ first alleged error. It was no error. The note, on its face, showed that it had been signed by the defendants (R. S. sec. 4192; Neilson v. Schuckman, 53 Wis. 638), and had become due and payable, and its production by the…
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