American National Bank v. Bangs
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action to recover on a negotiable promissory note, alleged to have been made by defendants to the firm of Eritsch & Simonton, and by them indorsed to the plaintiff.
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action to recover on a negotiable promissory note, alleged to have been made by defendants to the firm of Eritsch & Simonton, and by them indorsed to the plaintiff. The note was filed with the petition, and is in these words: “ $1,000. St. Louis, October 10, 1866. “ Three months after date, we promise to pay to the order of Eritsch & Simonton, New York, one thousand dollars, for value received, negotiable and payable without defalcation or discount. Due at Goodyear, Eros. & Durand’s, New York, Jan. 10-13. “Bangs & Deady.” (Indorsed) “Eritsch &…
1Opinion of the CourtFagg, Judge
This was an action by the holder of a promissory note against the defendants in error as the makers of the same; . The answer *454denied the execution of the note, and averred a want of knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to whether the plaintiff in error was. a corporation, or whether the note was assigned by the payees, and before maturity and for value. The judgment of the St. Louis Circuit Court at special term, in favor of the defendants, was affirmed on appeal to the general term, and is now brought here by writ of error.
There seems to have been no controversy at the…
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