Peoples National Bank v. Casey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The action is on a promissory note. The plaintiff seeks to recover from John Casey, as maker of the note, and from Forest C. Cochran and Azel F. Cochran, personally and as executors of the last will and testament of Casey G. Cochran, deceased, and as executors of the partnership estate of C. G. Cochran & Sons. The plaintiff alleged that a mistake had been made in writing the note by omitting the word “at” after the name of the payee to designate the place of payment, and asked that the mistake be corrected. Judgment was rendered against…