Goodfellow v. Landis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Buchanan Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff asked the court to instruct the jury: 1. [See opinion.] 2. The endorsement of a note in blank by the holder and owner thereof, and delivery thereof to a third party, is prima facie evidence of the assignment of the same for a valuable consideration, and will vest a complete title to such instrument in any subsequent purchaser of the same. 3. If the jury find for the plaintiff, they will allow four per cent, damages on…
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Error to Buchanan Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff asked the court to instruct the jury: 1. [See opinion.] 2. The endorsement of a note in blank by the holder and owner thereof, and delivery thereof to a third party, is prima facie evidence of the assignment of the same for a valuable consideration, and will vest a complete title to such instrument in any subsequent purchaser of the same. 3. If the jury find for the plaintiff, they will allow four per cent, damages on the whole amount of note, and damages at the rate of six per cent, per annum from the maturity of said note. 4. Any…
1Opinion of the CourtLovelace, Judge
Several preliminary questions have been raised upon the *171evidence in this case, which can have no practicable bearing in a proper determination of the cause. It is complained that the court erred in refusing to suppress depositions upon the gToim'd that no sufficient notice of the taking had been given; but, upon examining the depositions complained of, it turns out that the defendant cross-examined the witnesses, and surely a notice that actually brings the party notified to the place of taking the deposition ought tó be regarded as sufficient.
It is also complained that the plaintiff was…
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