Bank of Antigo v. Ryan
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Lang-lade county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. This is an action upon a promissory note for $1,500. Tbe answer admits tbe execution and delivery of tbe note, and alleges that on or about tbe 1st day of September, 1897, tbe' plaintiff, for value received, released tbis defendant from any further liability upon tbe note, and agreed to accept tbe liability of tbe Ingersol Land & Lumber Company therefor.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Lang-lade county: John Goodland, Circuit Judge. This is an action upon a promissory note for $1,500. Tbe answer admits tbe execution and delivery of tbe note, and alleges that on or about tbe 1st day of September, 1897, tbe' plaintiff, for value received, released tbis defendant from any further liability upon tbe note, and agreed to accept tbe liability of tbe Ingersol Land & Lumber Company therefor. TJpon tbe trial the plaintiff introduced tbe note in evidence and rested. Thereupon tbe defendant introduced evidence which tended to show that in…
1Opinion of the Court
*39The following opinion was filed October 20,1899:
Winslow, J.
A number of exceptions were taken to ruling upon evidence and instructions, but the view which we have taken of the evidence renders unnecessary any discussion of them. The entire testimony, construed most favorably to the plaintiff, and with every controverted question resolved in its favor, presents the following state of facts: Ryam,, the defendant, owned over 600,000 feet of pine logs, upon which the plaintiff bank held a chattel mortgage to secure the payment of Ryan’s note (being the note in suit) for $1,500. About September 1,…
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