Venting v. Carrigan

Appellee instituted this suit against appellants on a note for $1,000, dated July 25, 1924, and due July 25, 1926. In June, 1926, one month before the note fell due, appellants paid the same to J. P. Williamson, who had possession thereof and who delivered the note to appellants. J. P. Williamson did not deliver the money to appellee and he did not know that same had been paid to J. P. Williamson until after Williamson’s sudden death on December 18, 1926. The controlling issue is whether the payment to J. P. Williamson was binding upon appellee. The cause was tried to a jury and submitted…