Sparks v. Dispatch Transfer Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. This is an action on five negotiable promissory notes, alleged to have been executed by defendant by and through one Stewart Jackson. The plaintiffs were copartners, engaged in the horse and mule business in Kansas City, and had been for two years prior to the making of the notes sued on.
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Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. This is an action on five negotiable promissory notes, alleged to have been executed by defendant by and through one Stewart Jackson. The plaintiffs were copartners, engaged in the horse and mule business in Kansas City, and had been for two years prior to the making of the notes sued on. The defendant was a business corporation, organized under the laws of this state, and doing transfer business in Kansas City. ■ On the twenty-first day of June, 1887, one Stewart Jackson, in payment for certain mules by him bought of plaintiffs…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
— The notes sued on in this case were all executed by Stewart Jackson, who was at the time of their execution the president of the defendant below, appellant here. The first two were signed in the name of the Dispatch Transfer Company, by Jackson as president; the other three by Jackson, without any reference to the corporation, or any words indicating that he intended to bind anyone but himself. The appellant seeks to avoid liability for any of these notes, but its defense differs, as to the first two, from its defense to the remaining three. Counsel for appellant argues that the evidence…
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