Heffner v. Brownell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buchanan District Court. The petition states that the defendant, together with others, executed and delivered to the plaintiff their promissory note, in words and figures, to-wit: “$200. INDEPENDENCE, Iowa, July 10, 1884. “One year after date, value received, we promise to pay Daniel Heffner, or bearer, two hundred dollars, with interest at eight per cent from date until paid. Payable at Independence, Iowa, with reasonable attorney’s fees, if sued.
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Appeal from Buchanan District Court. The petition states that the defendant, together with others, executed and delivered to the plaintiff their promissory note, in words and figures, to-wit: “$200. INDEPENDENCE, Iowa, July 10, 1884. “One year after date, value received, we promise to pay Daniel Heffner, or bearer, two hundred dollars, with interest at eight per cent from date until paid. Payable at Independence, Iowa, with reasonable attorney’s fees, if sued. It interest is not paid when due, it shall draw interest at eight per cent. . Independence Mf’gk Oo. “B. I. Beownell, Pres. “D. B.…
1Opinion of the CourtSeevees, J.
In Lacy v. Dubuque Lumber Co., 43 Iowa, 510, it was held that the face of the noto shewed that it had *592been executed by the corporation. The question in that case was whether the corporation was bound, and not whether Mr. Moore, who signed the note as president of the corporation, and for it, was bound. In the case at bar, it may be conceded that the Independence Manufacturing Company is bound, and still the question remains whether the defendant is not also. The note purports on its face to be the note of all the persons, including the corporation, who executed it. There is nothing on the…
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