Doepke v. Christy Box Car Loader Co.

The petition in substance alleges that the defendant, the Christy Box Car Loader Company, entered into a contract with James R. Shanklin Coal Company and accepted certain promissory notes of the said company; that by mistake the plaintiff, being then the president of the company and required by the regulations of the company to countersign the notes, signed his name to the notes without affixing to his signature, his official designation as president; that the said notes were delivered to the defendant, the Christy Box Car Loader Company, and were intended to be the notes of the James R.…